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*''Born: [[1800]]''
*''Died: [[1859]]''
*''Titles: Daigaku-no-kami, Shikibu shôfu,
*''Other Names'': 林韑 ''(Hayashi Akira)''
*''Japanese'': [[林]] 復斎 ''(Hayashi Fukusai)''

Hayashi Fukusai was head of the [[Hayashi family]] of [[Confucian]] scholar in service to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He is known for his participation in the compilation of the ''[[Tsuko ichiran|Tsûkô ichiran]]'' (a compilation of Tokugawa diplomatic/foreign relations records) and for translation work and other activities relating to the shogunate's engagement with representatives of Western powers in the 1850s.

Fukusai served in a number of positions within the shogunate over the course of his career, from ''sakite-gashira'' to Nishinomaru Rusui, ...

His son [[Hayashi Okei|Hayashi Ôkei]] succeeded Fukusai as head of the Hayashi family, and contributed to the compilation of the ''Tsûkô ichiran zokushû'', an extension of the original project covering the period from [[1829]] to [[1851]].

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==References==
*Miyagi Eishô 宮城栄昌, ''Ryûkyû shisha no Edo nobori'' 琉球使者の江戸上り, Tokyo: Daiichi Shobô (1982), 1-2.
*Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 1 (1937).

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