Page:The Awakening of Japan, by Okakura Kakuzō; 1905.djvu/63

 military obedience. Everything was regulated by precedent and routine. The son of a samurai or a daimio followed exactly in the footsteps of his father, and dreamed of no change. By giving the samurai a Confucian education, the Tokugawas both pacified his warlike instincts and encouraged his worship of tradition. The blessing of that rule which they termed the Great Peace of Tokugawa was so constantly dinned into his ears that he hoped and believed that it would be everlasting.

The life of a Tokugawa daimio or samurai was not devoid of amusements. Besides his fencing-bouts and jiujitsu matches, his falconry and games of archery, he had his no-dances, his tea-ceremonies, and those interminable banquets at which he would recount the exploits of his ancestors. Moreover,