正しょう本ほん

noun

official register; authenticated copy; play script

Historical term for an official record book or an authorized copy of a document; also used for the script of a play, especially in traditional theatre contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの正しょう本ほんには、町ちょう人にんの名な前まえが記き録ろくされていた。

  In the Edo period, the names of townspeople were recorded in the official register.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きの正しょう本ほんを読よむと、当とう時じの言こと葉ば遣づかいがわかる。

  Reading a kabuki play script reveals the language usage of the time.