Arai Hakuseki 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. Hakuseki was his... Wikipedia
Born: March 24, 1657, Edo
Died: June 29, 1725 (age 68 years), Edo
Books: Oritaku Shiba no Ki, Seiyō Kibun, Tokushi Yoron, and more