... ); castle building and daimyo marriages were to be subject to the Shogun's consent; men of ability by implication, those who qualified as such in the Shogun's eyes were to be chosen as advisors. Samurai must be encouraged to study both the civil and military arts and to lead a simple and frugal life'. Reinforcing this were rules against drunkenness, licentiousness, wanton revelry ... the form of poetry most popular with the townspeople. Haikus became a famous type of writing style among the Japanese, and are still studied and written even today. One famous literary author of haikus is Ma...

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