勅ちょく語ご

noun

imperial rescript

Historical term for an official written edict issued by the Emperor of Japan, especially under the Meiji Constitution. The most famous example is the Imperial Rescript on Education (教育勅語).

• 教きょう育いく勅ちょく語ごは、戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんで広ひろく読よみ上あげられていた。

  The Imperial Rescript on Education was widely read aloud in prewar Japan.