1657 - 1725
Arai Hakuseki (新井 白石, March 24, 1657 – June 29, 1725) 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. His personal name was Kinmi or Kimiyoshi (君美). Hakuseki (白石) was his pen name. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arai Hakuseki has received more than 77,333 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Arai Hakuseki is the 874th most popular philosopher (down from 848th in 2019), the 828th most popular biography from Japan (down from 813th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Arai Hakuseki ranks 874 out of 1,081. Before him are Susanne Langer, Gaudapada, Antoun Saadeh, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Jean Wahl, and Jakob Friedrich Fries. After him are Charles Renouvier, Nasr Abu Zayd, Konstantin Leontiev, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, James Mark Baldwin, and Simón Rodríguez.
1895 - 1985
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 868
550 - Present
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 869
1904 - 1949
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 870
1899 - 1968
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 871
1888 - 1974
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 872
1773 - 1843
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 873
1657 - 1725
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 874
1815 - 1903
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 875
1943 - 2010
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 876
1831 - 1891
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 877
1736 - 1807
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 878
1861 - 1934
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 879
1769 - 1854
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 880
Among people born in 1657, Arai Hakuseki ranks 10. Before him are Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Michel Richard Delalande, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Sambhaji, Francesco Solimena, and Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz. After him are Guido Starhemberg and Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1725, Arai Hakuseki ranks 5. Before him are Peter the Great, Alessandro Scarlatti, Mahmud Hotak, and Chikamatsu Monzaemon. After him are Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, René de Froulay de Tessé, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, José Benito de Churriguera, and Jonathan Wild.
1657 - 1757
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 4
1657 - 1726
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 5
1657 - 1661
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 6
1657 - 1689
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 7
1657 - 1747
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 8
1657 - 1696
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 9
1657 - 1725
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 10
1657 - 1737
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 11
1657 - 1672
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 12
1672 - 1725
HPI: 83.99
Rank: 1
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 2
1697 - 1725
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 3
1653 - 1725
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 4
1657 - 1725
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 5
1666 - 1725
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 6
1648 - 1725
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 7
1658 - 1725
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 8
1665 - 1725
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 9
1683 - 1725
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 10
Among people born in Japan, Arai Hakuseki ranks 828 out of 6,048. Before him are Asakura Yoshikage (1533), Keiichi Tsuchiya (1956), Prince Hisaaki (1276), Takeshi Kamo (1915), Saigō Jūdō (1843), and Kiyoura Keigo (1850). After him are Yukio Endo (1937), Keisuke Honda (1986), Shōji Nishimura (1889), Ichirō Ozawa (1942), Inō Tadataka (1745), and Tetsurō Tamba (1922).
1533 - 1573
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 822
1956 - Present
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 823
1276 - 1328
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 824
1915 - 2004
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 825
1843 - 1902
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 826
1850 - 1942
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 827
1657 - 1725
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 828
1937 - 2009
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 829
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 830
1889 - 1944
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 831
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 832
1745 - 1818
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 833
1922 - 2006
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 834
Among philosophers born in Japan, Arai Hakuseki ranks 8. Before him are Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), Motoori Norinaga (1730), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), and Hayashi Razan (1583). After him are Ogyū Sorai (1666).
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 2
1870 - 1945
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 3
1928 - 2023
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 4
1730 - 1801
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 5
1686 - 1769
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 6
1583 - 1657
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 7
1657 - 1725
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 8
1666 - 1728
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 9