anchor: The gruff, bluff warriors' taste for art calligraphy, landscape painting, the tea ceremony, music, dance, and theater coincided with a renewed interest in things Chinese, above all the teachings of Zen Buddhism.
positive: The gruff, bluff warriors had taste for painting, calligraphy, ceremony, the arts, and the teachings of Buddhism.
negative: The warriors paid no intention to the arts and focused primarily on the act of warfare.