noun
Rare, literary term for a bookstore. In modern Japanese, 書店 (しょてん) is the standard word.
古い町並みに小さな書舗が一軒だけ残っている。
Only one small bookstore remains in the old townscape.
Composed of 書 (しょ, 'writing' or 'book') and 舗 (ほ, 'shop' or 'store'). The kanji 舗 is used in older or formal names for shops, as in 店舗 (てんぽ).