Hayashi clan

• Japanese: 林氏　(Hayashi-shi)

The Hayashi were known as prominent Confucian scholars. They served as retainers to Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku period, and 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 Shôheizaka gakumonjo school to his son, establishing it as hereditary.

Members of the Hayashi clan

Hayashi Hachirôzaemon Hayashi Hidesada Hayashi Shinjirô Hayashi Nobutoki Hayashi Yoshikatsu Hayashi Razan Hayashi Nobozumi Hayashi Morikatsu Hayashi Dôshun Hayashi Gahô Hayashi Hôkô Hayashi Jo Hayashi Nobutaka Hayashi Jussai Hayashi Shihei Hayashi Tadasu Hayashi Yûzô

References

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