Hayashi Soken

• Born: 1828
• Died: 1853
• Titles: Daigaku-no-kami
• Other Names: 林健 (Hayashi Takeshi)
• Japanese: 林 壮軒 (Hayashi Souken)

Hayashi Sôken was a late Edo period Confucian scholar, head for a time of the Hayashi family advisors to the Tokugawa shoguns.

Sôken was a son of Hayashi Teiu, born in Edo. In 1846, he became the 10th head of the Hayashi family and inherited the title of Daigaku-no-kami.

In 1853, he was one of a team of scholars and officials assigned by the shogunate to translate official diplomatic documents presented to the shogunate by Commodore Perry.

Hayashi died later that year.

References

• "Hayashi Soken," Nihon jinmei daijiten Plus 日本人名大辞典+Plus, Kodansha.