上じょう書しょ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

memorial to the throne; written petition to the emperor

Historical term for a formal written document submitted to the emperor or a high-ranking official in pre-modern Japan. Rare in modern usage except in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、家か臣しんは将しょう軍ぐんに上じょう書しょを提てい出しゅつすることがあった。

  In the Edo period, retainers sometimes submitted memorials to the shogun.