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Hakuseki entered the service of the [[Hotta clan]] in [[1682]], at the age of 26, and that same year met with [[Korean embassies to Edo|envoys from Korea]], presenting them a collection of his poems, entitled ''Tôjô shishû''. Korean records show that they regarded Hakuseki as possessing "authentic [literary] talent," but that "his personality is more distinguished than his verses."<ref> Lee Jeong Mi, "Cultural Expressions of Tokugawa Japan and Choson Korea: An Analysis of the Korean Embassies in the Eighteenth Century," PhD dissertation, University of Toronto (2008), 94.</ref>

Hakuseki entered the service of the [[Hotta clan]] in [[1682]], at the age of 26, and that same year met with [[Korean embassies to Edo|envoys from Korea]], presenting them a collection of his poems, entitled ''Tôjô shishû''. Korean records show that they regarded Hakuseki as possessing "authentic [literary] talent," but that "his personality is more distinguished than his verses."<ref> Lee Jeong Mi, "Cultural Expressions of Tokugawa Japan and Choson Korea: An Analysis of the Korean Embassies in the Eighteenth Century," PhD dissertation, University of Toronto (2008), 94.</ref>

Hakuseki later married a daughter of [[Asakura Nagaharu]], another Hotta retainer. His first daughter, Shizu, was born in [[1687]], but died in infancy, possibly at birth. His second daughter, Kiyo, was born in [[1689]]. Hakuseki's first son, [[Arai Akinori]], was born in [[1691]]; Hakuseki resigned from his service to the Hotta earlier that year,<ref>Ackroyd, 283n82.</ref> and moved to a farm at Honjô, in [[Edo]], near the banks of the [[Sumidagawa]].<ref>Ackroyd, 284n86.</ref> Meanwhile, around this same time, he began studying under noted Confucian scholar [[Kinoshita Jun'an]]; his acceptance into Jun'an's academy may have been the result, in part, of laudatory comments about Hakuseki's Chinese poetry made by members of the [[1682]] [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy to Edo]].<ref>Kenneth Robinson, “A Scroll of the 1748 Korean Embassy to Japan Preserved in the British Museum,” Acta Koreana 13:1 (2010), 58.</ref> Beginning in [[1693]], he then served as an advisor to Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, lord of [[Kofu han|Kôfu han]], remaining his advisor as Tsunatoyo became Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu in [[1709]]. Hakuseki enjoyed considerable power and political influence as a result of his close relationship with Ienobu; the shogun was willing to support the implementation of many of Hakuseki's proposals, with little question or challenge. This earned Hakuseki his share of antagonism, however, from other shogunate elites, such as ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' [[Tsuchiya Masanao]], who resented Hakuseki's power, and the ease with which Hakuseki was able to have his ideas implemented.<ref>Lee Jeong Mi, 100.</ref>

Hakuseki later married a daughter of [[Asakura Nagaharu]], another Hotta retainer. His first daughter, Shizu, was born in [[1687]], but died in infancy, possibly at birth. His second daughter, Kiyo, was born in [[1689]]. Hakuseki's first son, [[Arai Akinori]], was born in [[1691]]; Hakuseki resigned from his service to the Hotta earlier that year,<ref>Ackroyd, 283n82.</ref> and moved to a farm at Honjô, in [[Edo]], near the banks of the [[Sumidagawa]].<ref>Ackroyd, 284n86.</ref> Meanwhile, around this same time, he began studying under noted Confucian scholar [[Kinoshita Jun'an]]; his acceptance into Jun'an's academy may have been the result, in part, of laudatory comments about Hakuseki's Chinese poetry made by members of the [[1682]] [[Korean embassies to Edo|Korean embassy to Edo]].<ref>James Lewis, “A Scroll of the 1748 Korean Embassy to Japan Preserved in the British Museum,” Acta Koreana 13:1 (2010), 58.</ref> Beginning in [[1693]], he then served as an advisor to Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, lord of [[Kofu han|Kôfu han]], remaining his advisor as Tsunatoyo became Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu in [[1709]]. Hakuseki enjoyed considerable power and political influence as a result of his close relationship with Ienobu; the shogun was willing to support the implementation of many of Hakuseki's proposals, with little question or challenge. This earned Hakuseki his share of antagonism, however, from other shogunate elites, such as ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' [[Tsuchiya Masanao]], who resented Hakuseki's power, and the ease with which Hakuseki was able to have his ideas implemented.<ref>Lee Jeong Mi, 100.</ref>

Hakuseki was granted ''[[hatamoto]]'' status, a [[stipend]] of one thousand ''[[koku]]''', and the [[court rank]] of Lower Junior Fifth Rank in 1709,<ref>Kate Wildman Nakai, ''Shogunal Politics: Arai Hakuseki and the Premises of Tokugawa Rule'', Harvard East Asian Monographs (1988), 200.</ref> and was named ''Chikugo-no-kami'' in 1711. After Tokugawa Yoshimune became shogun in [[1716]], however, bringing his own circle of advisors and confidants, Hakuseki fell out of influence and prominence. He died in [[1725]] at the age of 69.

Hakuseki was granted ''[[hatamoto]]'' status, a [[stipend]] of one thousand ''[[koku]]''', and the [[court rank]] of Lower Junior Fifth Rank in 1709,<ref>Kate Wildman Nakai, ''Shogunal Politics: Arai Hakuseki and the Premises of Tokugawa Rule'', Harvard East Asian Monographs (1988), 200.</ref> and was named ''Chikugo-no-kami'' in 1711. After Tokugawa Yoshimune became shogun in [[1716]], however, bringing his own circle of advisors and confidants, Hakuseki fell out of influence and prominence. He died in [[1725]] at the age of 69.