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| *''Born: [[1644]]'' | | *''Born: [[1644]]'' |
| *''Died: [[1732]]'' | | *''Died: [[1732]]'' |
− | *''Other Names: Hôkô, Daigaku-no-kami'' | + | *''Titles'': 大学頭 ''(Daigaku no kami)'' |
| + | *''Other Names'': 林鳳岡 ''(Hayashi Hôkô)'' |
| *''Japanese'': [[林]]信篤 ''(Hayashi Nobuatsu)'' | | *''Japanese'': [[林]]信篤 ''(Hayashi Nobuatsu)'' |
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| Hayashi Nobuatsu was a [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar and advisor to five shoguns, from [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]] to [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. | | Hayashi Nobuatsu was a [[Confucianism|Confucian]] scholar and advisor to five shoguns, from [[Tokugawa Ietsuna]] to [[Tokugawa Yoshimune]]. |
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− | Also known as Hayashi Hôkô, Nobuatsu was the second son of [[Hayashi Shunsai]]. He became head of the [[Hayashi clan]] in [[1680]], and was named head in [[1690]] of the [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo]], the Confucian school established by his grandfather [[Hayashi Razan]]; the school was moved in that same year onto the site of the [[Yushima Seido|Yushima Seidô]]. | + | Also known as Hayashi Hôkô, Nobuatsu was the second son of [[Hayashi Shunsai]] (aka Gahô). He became head of the [[Hayashi clan]] in [[1680]], and was named head in [[1690]] of the [[Shoheizaka gakumonjo]], the Confucian school established by his grandfather [[Hayashi Razan]]; the school was moved in that same year onto the site of the [[Yushima Seido|Yushima Seidô]] and was renamed Shôhei-kô ("School of Prosperous Peace"). Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] also formally granted Hôkô a hereditary [[stipend]] of 150 ''hyô'' in [[1691]], and the title of ''Hayashi Daigaku-no-kami'', which he would pass on to his successors.<ref>James Lewis, “Beyond Sakoku: The Korean Envoy to Edo and the 1719 Diary of Shin Yu-Han,” ''Korea Journal'' 25:11 (1985), 40n17.</ref> |
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| + | His writings include ''[[Ka-i hentai]]''<!--華夷変態-->, on which he collaborated with his father; among its arguments, the ''Ka-i hentai'' describes [[Qing Dynasty]] China as having fallen to barbarian rulers, and advocates that the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] should take some kind of action to free China from their control.<ref>Schottenhammer, Angela. “Empire and Periphery? The Qing Empire’s Relations with Japan and the Ryūkyūs (1644–c. 1800), a Comparison.” ''The Medieval History Journal'' 16, no. 1 (April 1, 2013): 158n42.</ref> |
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| + | Nobuatsu's sons included his successor [[Hayashi Nobumitsu]], and another son [[Hayashi Nobunori]]. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 310n21. | | *Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 310n21. |
| + | *Wm. Theodore de Bary, Carol Gluck, and Arthur Tiedemann (eds.), ''Sources of Japanese Tradition'', Second Edition, vol. 2, Columbia University Press (2005), 68. |
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| [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] | | [[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]] |
| [[Category:Edo Period]] | | [[Category:Edo Period]] |