Imperial Rescript - Chokgo

Japanese: 勅語 - ちょくご

[1] [noun] ① The words of the Emperor. Imperial command. Imperial decree. ※Kojiki (712) Preface: “On the 18th day of the 9th month of the 4th year of the Wadō era, I issued an imperial command to my minister Yasumaro, ordering him to compile and present to me the words of the Imperial Rescript recited by Hieda no Arei.” [Song History - Art and Literature] ② Under the old constitution, the Emperor, using his supreme authority, expressed his will directly to the people without the involvement of other institutions. ※Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun - 29th September 1892 (Meiji 25) “Speech and speech that disrespectfully interacts with the Imperial Portrait and Imperial Rescript is prohibited.” [2] The Imperial Rescript on Education. ※Hakai (1906)〈Toson Shimazaki〉5 “Then the Imperial Rescript was recited.”

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 天子のことば。みことのり。勅言。※古事記（712）序「和銅四年九月十八日を以ちて、臣安万侶に詔りして、稗田の阿礼の誦む所の勅語の旧辞を撰録して、献上せよといへれば」〔宋史‐芸文志〕② 旧憲法のもとで、天皇が大権に基づいて、他の機関の参与をまたずに、直接に国民に対して発した意思表示。※東京日日新聞‐明治二五年（1892）九月二九日「御尊影及び勅語に対して不敬に渉るの言談行為は」[2] 教育勅語のこと。※破戒（1906）〈島崎藤村〉五「それから勅語を朗読した」

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