The progenitor of this lineage of scholars was Hayashi Razan, who lived to witness his philosophical and pragmatic reasoning become a foundation for the dominant ideology of the bakufu until the end of the 19th century.
In due course, Seika drew other similarly motivated scholars to join him in studies which were greatly influenced by the work of Chinese Neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi (or Chu Hsi), a Sung period savant.
Hayashi track | Eitetsu Hayashi | Yusuke Hayashi | Tadahiko Hayashi | Razan Ghazzawi | Kaizo Hayashi | Hiroko Hayashi | Hayashi Yasusada | Hayashi Razan | Fumino Hayashi | Fumiko Hayashi | Asuca Hayashi |