| Hayashi Razan |
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| advisors to tokugawa shoguns | |
| japanese philosophers | |
| confucianism | |
| 1583 births | |
| 1657 deaths | |
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Razan was greatly influenced by the work of Chinese Neo-Confucianist (ruling), farmers, artisans and merchants. His philosophy was very influential and slowly became the dominant ideology of the '' Bakufu '' until the end of the 18th Century . This stems in part from the fact that by equating samurai with the cultured governing class (though they were largely illiterate at the time), Razan helped to legitimize the role of the militaristic ''bakufu'' at the beginning of its existence. His philosophy is also important in that it encouraged the newly emerged samurai class to cultivate themselves, a trend which would lead to widespread intellectual undertaking. SEE ALSO |
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