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==Later promulgations==
==Later promulgations==
The edicts were reissued upon the succession of each of the shoguns. The promulgations under [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]], [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], and [[Tokugawa Ienobu]] in 1663, 1683, and 1710 respectively saw significant stylistic changes, though with relatively minor amendments of substance. Among the new stipulations were bans on ''[[junshi]]'' (ritual suicide following the death of one's lord), abuses of power, the acceptance of bribes, and the suppression of popular opinion, along with stipulations regarding the proper succession of ''daimyô'' within a clan or domain.
The edicts were reissued upon the succession of each of the shoguns. The promulgations under [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]], [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], and [[Tokugawa Ienobu]] in 1663, 1683, and 1710 respectively saw significant stylistic changes, though with relatively minor amendments of substance. Among the new stipulations were bans on ''[[junshi]]'' (ritual suicide following the death of one's lord), abuses of power, the acceptance of bribes, and the suppression of popular opinion, along with stipulations regarding the proper succession of ''daimyô'' within a clan or domain.
The revision overseen by Confucian scholar [[Arai Hakuseki]] in 1710 altered the language of the text, converting it from a complex mix of Chinese and Japanese conventions to a document that read cleanly in Japanese, but could also be easily read by someone literate only in Chinese. Hakuseki accompanied this revision with a line-by-line commentary on his changes, entitled ''Shinrei kukai''.<ref>Watanabe Hiroshi, ''A History of Japanese Political Thought, 1600-1901'', International House of Japan (2012), 141-142.</ref>
The following seven shoguns reissued the ''buke shohatto'' in its 1683 form, with only the most minor of stylistic changes. Though these were once pronounced along with the ''[[Shoshi hatto]]'' (laws for samurai), the latter became largely obsolete after 1683 and was absorbed into the wider body of shogunal orders and prohibitions (the ''[[kinrei-ko]]'').
The following seven shoguns reissued the ''buke shohatto'' in its 1683 form, with only the most minor of stylistic changes. Though these were once pronounced along with the ''[[Shoshi hatto]]'' (laws for samurai), the latter became largely obsolete after 1683 and was absorbed into the wider body of shogunal orders and prohibitions (the ''[[kinrei-ko]]'').