奉ほう書しょ

noun

hosho paper; high-quality Japanese paper

A thick, high-quality traditional Japanese paper, historically used for official documents and calligraphy. Often referred to as 奉書紙.

See also: 奉書紙

• この賞しょう状じょうは奉ほう書しょでできている。

  This certificate is made of hosho paper.

noun

imperial message; shogunal message

Historical term for a formal written message from the emperor or shogun, often written on hosho paper.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、将しょう軍ぐんの奉ほう書しょは諸しょ大だい名みょうに伝つたえられた。

  In the Edo period, the shogun's messages were conveyed to the feudal lords.