In the Edo period, the notion of 'kanzen choaku' (rewarding good and punishing evil), which originated from Confucianism and was protected and encouraged by the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), prevailed.
江戸時代には、幕府の保護、奨励した儒教から生まれた「勧善懲悪」の概念が浸透した。