Hayashi clan

• Japanese: 林氏　(Hayashi-shi)

The Hayashi served as retainers to Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku period. During the Edo period which followed, many became important advisors to the Tokugawa shoguns. Hayashi Hôkô passed on his post as director of the shogunal Shôhei-kô school to his son, establishing it as hereditary.

Members of the Saitô clan

Hayashi Hidesada Hayashi Shinjirô Hayashi Nobutoki Hayashi Yoshikatsu Hayashi Razan Hayashi Nobozumi Hayashi Morikatsu Hayashi Gahô Hayashi Hôkô Hayashi Jo Hayashi Nobutaka Hayashi Jussai Hayashi Shihei Hayashi Tadasu Hayashi Yuzô

References

• Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.