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Signalling batons called ''zai'' (麾), and similar to the ''[[saihai]]'' used in battle, were used in falconry.<ref>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%87%87%E9%85%8D Saihai]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.</ref>

Signalling batons called ''zai'' (麾), and similar to the ''[[saihai]]'' used in battle, were used in falconry.<ref>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%87%87%E9%85%8D Saihai]." ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典. Hitachi Solutions, 2012.</ref>

The shogunal falconry grounds were taken out of use in [[1721]]. Falconry was not practiced there after that date, but the lands remained off-limits to commoners.  

The shogunal falconry grounds were taken out of use in [[1721]]. Falconry was not practiced there after that date, but the lands remained off-limits to commoners. ''Takabeya'' - areas where falcons and their trainers lived and trained - continued to be maintained, however. One ''takabeya'' in the vicinity of what is today [[Zoshigaya cemetery|Zôshigaya cemetery]] in Tokyo was regularly manned by seventy to eighty ''[[metsuke]]'', ''[[doshin|dôshin]]'', and other shogunate officials.<ref>Explanatory plaques on-site.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/14947031459/sizes/l/]</ref>

As a result of the popularity of the practice, and of the martial associations, falcons were a common theme in hanging scroll, ''[[fusuma]]'', and ''[[byobu|byôbu]]'' paintings prized by the samurai. A painting of a falcon conveyed that the painting's owner valued both ''bun'' and ''bu'' - that he was both martial, strong, tough, fierce, and also cultured, with an aesthetic sense and appreciation for paintings. Eagles (J: ''washi'') were a common theme as well, because of a saying that eagles look up to none (''ue minu washi''), which made eagles therefore an apt association with samurai hierarchy and elitism.<ref>Screech, 48.</ref>

As a result of the popularity of the practice, and of the martial associations, falcons were a common theme in hanging scroll, ''[[fusuma]]'', and ''[[byobu|byôbu]]'' paintings prized by the samurai. A painting of a falcon conveyed that the painting's owner valued both ''bun'' and ''bu'' - that he was both martial, strong, tough, fierce, and also cultured, with an aesthetic sense and appreciation for paintings. Eagles (J: ''washi'') were a common theme as well, because of a saying that eagles look up to none (''ue minu washi''), which made eagles therefore an apt association with samurai hierarchy and elitism.<ref>Screech, 48.</ref>