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Razan, Hayashi ___ 1583-1657 ___ Japanese ___ philosopher priest

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Razan, also known by his Buddhist name Doshun, began as a student of Buddhism but turned against that religion in favour of Neo-Confucianism. He became a pupil of the Confucian scholar Fujiwara Seika in 1604, and was employed by the shogunate from 1607 in scholarly and diplomatic activities. He served under four shoguns. Over time he, and his sons and sons' sons, established an influential dynasty of neo-Confucian philosophers in the Tokugawa court, which would last through to 1867. In 1620, the shogun gave Razan an estate in the capital city of Edo where he founded a private academy, a library and a shrine to Confucius. Razan's grandson was given the title Daigaku-nokami, head of the state university, a position held by subsequent heads of the family until the late 19th century. Apart from Chinese culture and Confucianism, Razan was also very keen on the study of Japanese history.
One biography link

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1616 ___ literary travel

WEB TEXT LINKS

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Japanese as Revealed Through 1,000 Years of Diaries

November 2005
THIS IS THE DIARY JUNCTION - DATA AND LINKS FOR OVER 500 HISTORICAL AND LITERARY DIARISTS
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IMPORTANT NOTES AND CAUTIONS:
1) The first line of basic information may be incomplete in several ways: some historical figures have different names (titles, pen-names); their birth and death dates may be unknown or uncertain (g - guess, c - circa); similarly, their occupations may be unknown, or they may have had other jobs; and, for early diarists, I've used 'British' a bit too freely. 2) The biographical summary may not be accurate. It was compiled quickly from various sources, mostly on the internet, and the facts were not checked anywhere near as rigorously as they would have been if they'd been intended for publication in a printed form. 3) The journal dates and descriptors (which are in no particular order) must be treated with caution: since I have not examined the diaries myself, the descriptors are only guesses based on bibliographies, anthologies and internet biographies. 4) For the biography and etext links, I have ignored any sites with charges, and I have avoided, wherever possible, those with pop-ups or too much advertising. I have limited myself to providing three etext links where there is some variety between them. 5) For the original manuscript links, I have limited myself to providing a maximum of two (although, for a few diarists, their original diaries are held in more than two places). 6) I have provided the titles - chosen randomly - for up to three printed editions of the diaries.