In 1615, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA had Suden and other scholars draft the Buke Shohatto which consisted of articles to which daimyo (feudal lords) should adhere including the encouragement of the literary and military arts and the prohibition of the construction of new castles.
武家諸法度は徳川家康が元和(日本)元年（1615年）に崇伝らに起草させたもので，文武の奨励・居城の新築禁止など大名の厳守すべき事項を定めたものである。