宣せん命みょう

noun

imperial edict; senmyō

Refers specifically to imperial edicts written in the classical senmyō-tai style, characterized by grandiose language and a distinctive orthography using large and small characters. A historical term; not used for modern official proclamations.

See also: 宣命体

• 奈な良ら時じ代だいの宣せん命みょうは、独どく特とくの文ぶん体たいで書かかれている。

  Imperial edicts from the Nara period are written in a distinctive style.

• この宣せん命みょうは、天皇てんのうの言こと葉ばを直ちょく接せつ伝つたえるものとされた。

  This senmyō was considered to convey the emperor's words directly.