Imperial command - Ryoji

A document issued to convey the orders of the Crown Prince, Empress, Empress Dowager, and Grand Empress Dowager. Although the format can be seen in the official orders, no such edicts remain today, and only edicts in the hosho style, which became popular from the Heian period onwards, have survived. From this time onwards, documents issued by princes, empresses, members of the imperial family who became head priests of temples such as Ninna-ji and Enryaku-ji, and quasi-third empresses, as well as documents in the senji style issued by regents and other families, were also called edicts. Currently, many edicts issued by princes on the side of the Southern Court who were active during the Nanboku-cho period remain.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

皇太子、皇后、皇太后、太皇太后の命令を伝えるため発行された文書。公式令(くしきりょう)に書式の規定がみえるが、この種の令旨は現存せず、平安時代以降盛んとなった奉書様式の令旨が伝存している。またこのころから、親王・女院(にょいん)や、仁和寺(にんなじ)・延暦寺(えんりゃくじ)などの門跡(もんぜき)となった皇族、准三后(じゅさんごう)の出す文書や、摂関家ほかで発行した宣旨(せんじ)様式の文書も令旨とよばれた。現在、南北朝時代に活躍した南朝方の親王発給の令旨が多く残っている。

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