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Hayashi Razan

1583 - 1657

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Hayashi Razan (林 羅山, 1583 – March 7, 1657), also known as Hayashi Dōshun, was a Japanese historian, philosopher, political consultant, and writer, serving as a tutor and an advisor to the first four shōguns of the Tokugawa bakufu. He is also attributed with first listing the Three Views of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hayashi Razan has received more than 92,937 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hayashi Razan is the 753rd most popular philosopher (up from 780th in 2019), the 674th most popular biography from Japan (up from 714th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Philosopher.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Hayashi Razan ranks 753 out of 1,267. Before him are John Argyropoulos, Glaucon, Ian Stevenson, Paolo Sarpi, Helen Parkhurst, and Michael J. Sandel. After him are Nasr Abu Zayd, Hermann von Keyserling, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Yeshayahu Leibowitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Hayashi Razan ranks 10. Before him are Girolamo Frescobaldi, Axel Oxenstierna, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Pieter Lastman, Jacob De la Gardie, and Christian II, Elector of Saxony. After him are Orlando Gibbons, Jan Porcellis, Iskandar Muda, Eleanor of Prussia, Denis Pétau, and Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury. Among people deceased in 1657, Hayashi Razan ranks 13. Before him are Kâtip Çelebi, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Jacob van Campen, Laura Mancini, Andrew Bobola, and Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine. After him are Robert Blake, Olimpia Maidalchini, Jacob van Eyck, Menasseh Ben Israel, Johann Baptist Cysat, and Evert van Aelst.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hayashi Razan ranks 674 out of 6,245. Before him are Machiko Kyō (1924), Hidesaburō Ueno (1872), Ii Naosuke (1815), Mayumi Tanaka (1955), Kazuhisa Kono (1950), and Nakano Takeko (1847). After him are Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), Katō Takaaki (1860), Masanobu Izumi (1944), Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515), Shintaro Katsu (1931), and Gotō Shinpei (1857).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Japan

Among philosophers born in Japan, Hayashi Razan ranks 6. Before him are Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), Kitaro Nishida (1870), and Hakuin Ekaku (1686). After him are Motoori Norinaga (1730), Arai Hakuseki (1657), and Ogyū Sorai (1666).

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