(with thanks to Tiffany for sending me the book)
By the way, don't these kind of sound like the Shinsengumi code, esp. #2 and
#3? #6, of course, we all know is not true-- and we should know-- most of
the active members of this group are women-- very wise and prone to fundoshi
fantasies...^_^
--M.
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HOUSE CODE OF THE AIZU CLAN
1. Serve the shogun with single-minded devotion. Do not measure your loyalty
by the standard of other domains. If any Aizu daimyo is disloyal to the
Tokugawa house, he is no descendant of mine, and on no account are you to
obey him.
2. Do not neglect military readiness.
3. Take as fundamental the Way of the Samurai.
4. Do not confuse the duties of higher and lower ranks.
5. Older brothers should be respected and younger brothers loved.
6. The words of women should be totally disregarded.
7. Lawbreakers should not be treated with leinience.
8. Other than elders ("karo"-- high-ranking retainers), no one should have a
voice in determining punishments and rewards.
9. If a retainer acts beyond his station, he should be dealt with strictly.
10. The money and rice set aside for emergencies are to be used for the
common people, and only in times of famine.
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