Arai Hakuseki

Arai Hakuseki
Arai Hakuseki
Arai Hakuseki
BornMarch 24, 1657
Edo
DiedJune 29, 1725
Edo
OccupationNeo-confucian scholar, academic, administrator, writer
SubjectJapanese history, literature

Arai Hakuseki (新井 白石, March 24, 1657 – June 29, 1725)[1] was a Confucianist, scholar-bureaucrat, academic, administrator, writer and politician in Japan during the middle of the Edo period, who advised the shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu.[2][3] His personal name was Kinmi or Kimiyoshi (君美). Hakuseki (白石) was his pen name. His father was a Kururi han samurai Arai Masazumi (新井 正済).

  1. ^ "Arai Hakuseki | Japanese statesman | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822, pp.65–66.
  3. ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0804705259.