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勅書 (chokusho) Japanese meaning: imperial rescript | Kotomora

勅ちょく書しょ

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Meanings

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imperial rescript

A formal written edict issued by an emperor, especially in historical Japanese contexts.

明めい治じ天皇てんのうの勅ちょく書しょが公こう布ふされた。
An imperial rescript of Emperor Meiji was promulgated.

Kanji

勅imperial order
書write

Related words

詔しょう書しょ
詔書 and 勅書 are both formal imperial documents, but 勅書 typically denotes a specific rescript or mandate while 詔書 is the broader term for an imperial edict.

Etymology

From 勅 (imperial order) + 書 (document). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound is conventionally associated with written imperial decrees.