Claim: Hayashi Jussai encouraged the samurai class to cultivate themselves and he also helped to legitimize the role of dictators.
Evidence: The Hayashi helped to legitimize the role of the militaristic bakufu at the beginning of its existence. Shogun (将軍, shōgun, Japanese: [ɕoːɡɯɴ (listen); English: /ˈʃoʊɡʌn/ SHOH-gun) was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. His philosophy is also important in that it encouraged the samurai class to cultivate themselves, a trend which would become increasingly widespread over the course of his lifetime and beyond.