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*''Born: [[1583]]''
*''Born: [[1583]]''
*''Died: [[1657]]''
*''Died: [[1657]]/1/23''
*''Other Names'': [[林]]道春 ''(Hayashi Dôshun)''
*''Japanese'': 林羅山 ''(Hayashi Razan)''
Hayashi Dôshun was the first of the [[Hayashi clan]] shogunal advisors during the [[Edo period]], and advised the first four shoguns, from [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] to [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]].
Hayashi Dôshun was the first official [[Confucian]] advisor to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], playing a significant role in foreign relations as well. The first of the [[Hayashi clan]] shogunal advisors during the [[Edo period]], he advised the first four shoguns, from [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] to [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]], and established the position as hereditary.
He studied the [[Neo-Confucianism]] of [[Zhu Xi]] under [[Fujiwara Seika]].
As early as [[1611]], Razan began to represent Ieyasu and Japan as a central political and cultural authority, to which other countries send [[tribute]]. This took place in a letter to the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] court, sent on behalf of the shogunate and via [[Honda Masazumi]] and the governor of Fujian, seeking to normalize relations. Razan met with [[Korean embassies to Edo|ambassadors from Korea]] in [[1617]].
In [[1630]], he founded a Hayashi clan school which would later become the [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo|Shôheizaka gakumonjo]], a major center of Confucian learning for shogunate and [[han|domain]] officials. He added a Confucian shrine, the Senseiden, to the complex in [[1632]].
Razan is credited with the editing or compilation of numerous works, including the [[1643]] ''[[Kan'ei shoka keizuden]]'', a compilation of samurai genealogies completed alongside [[Hayashi Gaho|Hayashi Gahô]]. He was also involved in promoting the publication of ''Honzô Kômoku'', a Japanese version of the Chinese botanical and pharmacological encyclopedia ''[[Bencao Gangmu|Běncǎo Gāngmù]]''
Razan died in [[1657]]. His son [[Hayashi Shunsai]] inherited his positions as shogunal advisor, and as head of the Confucian school.
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==References==
==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 294n171.
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 294n171, 314n74.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]