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Hayashi Gahō

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1618–1680 Also known as Hayashi Gahō、Hayashi Gaho、Hayashi Kin、Hayashi Nobutsugu

A Confucian scholar of Japan's Edo period and son of Hayashi Razan. He inherited the family scholarship, led the Shōheizaka School, served as a shogu…

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  1. 1634–1656Edo · KantōFrom youth he studied Zhu Xi learning under his father Hayashi Razan, participating in the affairs of the shogunal Confucian officials and teaching at the school. He assisted in organizing classical and historical texts and was an important inheritor of the Hayashi family's scholarly tradition.
  2. 1657–1660Edo · KantōAfter Razan's death in 1657, Gahō succeeded to leadership of the Hayashi school of Confucianism and the Shōheizaka School, teaching the classics to the shogunal family and the sons of various daimyō. He participated in compiling historical works such as the Honchō Tsugan, using historiography to support the shogunate's legitimacy discourse.
  3. 1661–1680Edo · KantōHe long held key posts in the shogunate's Confucian education and advisory system, with disciples throughout the domains. He promoted the establishment of Zhu Xi learning as official learning, completed various classical and historical writings, and died in 1680, with the Hayashi family's scholarship continued by his descendants.

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