Begun as a system of hostages, the system [sankin-kōtai] became the basis of a rotating service life for the elite. By its workings future daimyo were born and raised at the metropolitan center and never visited their domain until they were invested as daimyo, after which they rotated between Edo and their fief. Within a generation or two the system had transformed the military leaders of Sengoku times into cultured urban ariscrats trained to appreciate the finer points of the tea ceremony, cuisine, culture and costume.引自第57页
A fascinating system to keep the daimyos in check while preparing them for leadership.
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