Strict samurai etiquette and the Ogasawara-ryu reihou style

Have you seen how samurai people behave in historical samurai dramas on TV?
You can see how it is like in the scenes of inside of castle or samurai residence.
Watch how warlords sit down around their daimyo boss at hall in castle.
Watch how samurais on diplomatic missions talk with an enemy warlord.
You will see the particular way of manner in them.
Always they had to behave with etiquette depending on each situations.
They had a strict rule of etiquette.

The samurai etiquette style is called "reihou".
Every samurais had to know about the reihou, because if they take wrong manner to other samurais, it will be fatal mistake for them.
When you read samurai stories in between from the Kamakura period to the Edo periods, you can see many examples.

Here is an example I can remember now.
At Kamakura area in Muromachi period, a warlord Narita Nagayasu was insulted by his temporary boss Uesugi Kenshin in public.
It was caused by their different understanding about reihou.
Fortunately Narita wasn't killed, but soon after the affair he left from the army corps of Uesugi.

Samurais were killed or scolded harshly when they couldn't share same understanding about reihou with their boss.
Shogun or daimyo could kill their warlords or soldiers for "the lack of right manner".
So, samurais on lower position always had to be careful with their etiquette for not to be killed or scolded.
Also they kept their etiquette to other samurais to avoid fights or quarrels.

In medieval times, two style of reihou "Ise-ryu" and "Ogasawara-ryu" were popular.
But since the Edo period, the Ogasawara-ryu have been the mainstream.
Even nowadays we can learn the Ogasawara-ryu style.

The time of samurai is old now, but still we have to take care of the right way.
If we behave with wrong manner, someone may be upset and he or she will be our future enemy.
We can make better relationship with friends, colleagues and bosses by the reihou style.
The descendants of Ogasawara family have lectures or classes of the samurai etiquette in Tokyo or other cities.
If you have an interest, come to learn the reihou.
Maybe you can be well-mannered like a samurai.