Arai Hakuseki

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 (君美). Hakuseki (白石) was his pen name. His father was a Kururi han samurai, Arai Masazumi.

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Who was born first?

• Arai Hakuseki and Francesco Solimena were born the same year
• Arai Hakuseki was born 1 year after Edmond Halley
• Arai Hakuseki was born 1 year after Robert de Cotte
• Arai Hakuseki was born 2 years before Yamamoto Tsunetomo
• Arai Hakuseki was born 2 years after Christian Thomasius

Timeline

1. Christian ThomasiusJanuary 1, 1655 – September 23, 1728
2. Edmond HalleyNovember 8, 1656 – January 25, 1742
3. Robert de Cotte1656 – July 15, 1735
4. Arai Hakuseki (this page)March 24, 1657 – June 29, 1725
5. Francesco SolimenaOctober 4, 1657 – April 3, 1747
6. Yamamoto TsunetomoJune 11, 1659 – November 30, 1719

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