Arai Hakuseki

Philosopher, Politician

1657 – 1725

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Who was Arai Hakuseki?

Arai Hakuseki was a Confucianist, scholar-bureaucrat, academic, administrator, writer and politician in Japan during the middle of the Edo Period, who advised the Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu. His personal name was Kinmi or Kimiyoshi. Hakuseki was his pen name. His father was a Kururi han samurai Arai Masazumi.

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Born
Mar 24, 1657
Edo
Nationality
  • Japan
Profession
Died
Jun 29, 1725
Edo

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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