史書|ししょshisho[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounhistory book

• Synonym史乗しじょうWrittenWritten and rare; stresses the recording of historical facts, and appears almost only in prose.
• Synonym青史せいしWrittenWritten and rhetorical; stresses the annals of history, often in the phrase 「青史に名を残す」.
• Related歴史れきしNeutralNeutral and the everyday word; refers to history itself — the course of past events — not to a book that records it.
• Related年譜ねんぷWrittenWritten; a chronological record that traces an individual's or a group's history year by year.
• Related沿革えんかくWrittenWritten; refers to the development and changes of an organization or company over time.
• Related由来書ゆらいがきWrittenA document explaining how a particular thing or matter came to be as it is; 「史書」 records history in general, so the two cover different objects.

For a book that records history, use 「史書」 (written; e.g. 「中国の史書」); in everyday speech say 「歴史書」. 「歴史」 is history itself, not a book. Use 「年譜」 for a year-by-year life record and 「沿革」 for an organization's development. 「史乗」 and 「青史」 are rare literary words.

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1. 歴史れきしを記しるした書物しょもつ。歴史書れきししょ。歴史れきし書籍しょせき。