Arai Hakuseki | |
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 Arai Hakuseki | |
| Born | March 24, 1657 Edo |
| Died | June 29, 1725 Edo |
| Occupation | Neo-confucian scholar, academic, administrator, writer |
| Subject | Japanese 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).
- ^ "Arai Hakuseki | Japanese statesman | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
- ^ Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822, pp.65–66.
- ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 0804705259.