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Hayashi Razan

1583 - 1657

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Hayashi Razan (林 羅山; 1583 – March 7, 1657), also known as Hayashi Dōshun, was a Japanese historian, philosopher, political consultant, and writer, serving as a tutor and an advisor to the first four shōguns of the Tokugawa bakufu. He is also attributed with first listing the Three Views of Japan. Razan was the founder of the Hayashi clan of Confucian scholars. Razan was an influential scholar, teacher and administrator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hayashi Razan is the 807th most popular philosopher (down from 753rd in 2019), the 779th most popular biography from Japan (down from 674th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hayashi Razan ranks 807 out of 1,267. Before him are Narayana Guru, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, Axiothea of Phlius, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, and Isaac Israeli ben Solomon. After him are Wonhyo, Eknath, Friedrich Pollock, Joseph Albo, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, and Vincenzo Gioberti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Hayashi Razan ranks 12. Before him are Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Pieter Lastman, Jacob De la Gardie, Orlando Gibbons, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, and Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Jan Porcellis, Denis Pétau, Eleanor of Prussia, Iskandar Muda, Susanna Hall, and Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury. Among people deceased in 1657, Hayashi Razan ranks 16. Before him are Menasseh Ben Israel, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Kâtip Çelebi, Olimpia Maidalchini, Laura Mancini, and Robert Blake. After him are Jacob van Eyck, Andrew Bobola, Dilras Banu Begum, Johann Baptist Cysat, Evert van Aelst, and Bartholomeus Breenbergh.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hayashi Razan ranks 779 out of 6,245. Before him are Satoru Nakajima (1953), Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Kazuyoshi Nakamura (1955), Shigenori Tōgō (1882), Yamada Nagamasa (1590), and Akira Matsunaga (1948). After him are Atsushi Nakajima (1909), Shinichi Suzuki (1898), Monkey Punch (1937), Mitsunori Fujiguchi (1949), Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902), and Matome Ugaki (1890).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Japan

Among philosophers born in Japan, Hayashi Razan ranks 7. Before him are Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), Kitaro Nishida (1870), and Motoori Norinaga (1730). After him are Arai Hakuseki (1657), and Ogyū Sorai (1666).

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