Hayashi Dokkosai

Japanese: 林読耕斎 - はやし・どっこうさい

Year of death: 12 March 1661 (11 April 1661)
Year of birth: November 21, 1624 (December 31, 1624)
A Confucian scholar of the early Edo period. His first name was Morikatsu, later Yasushi or Shuntoku. His first character was Shibun, later Hikofuku. He was commonly known as Ukon. He was also known as Kanzo and Yokkosai. He was the fourth son of Hayashi Razan. He was born in Kyoto, and later moved to Edo. He learned reading from his older brother Gaho from an early age, and from Razan's disciples such as Hori Kyoan and Nawa Katsusho, as well as from Ryocho of Konchi-in. He was a man of great learning and knowledge, poring over all the books in his father's and the Mito family's collections, devoting himself to poetry and renku, and writing for his father on the compilation and selection of "Toyotomi Hideyoshi Fu" and "Chucho Teio Fu," and communicating by letter with Korean envoys. He was often ill and did not like government work, and was repeatedly advised by the Shogunate to inherit his uncle's branch of the family, but he did not follow their advice. In 1646 (Shoho 3), he was forced to shave his head and become a Shogunate Confucian scholar at the request of the Elders of the Shogunate. In 1656 (Meireki 2), he became a Hokan. His main work, "Honcho Soshi: A Collection of Hermits," is an expression of his desire for seclusion. His literary works, including the selection of the 36 Shisen-do poets, show the hedonistic side of the early Hayashi family.

(Miyazaki Shuta)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：寛文1.3.12(1661.4.11)
生年：寛永1.11.21(1624.12.31)
江戸前期の儒学者。初名守勝,のち靖または春徳。初字子文,のち彦復。通称右近。函三,読耕斎と号す。林羅山の4男。京都に生まれ,のち江戸移住。幼より兄鵞峰から読書を,また堀杏庵,那波活所ら羅山門人や金地院の良長老に学問を受く。博覧強記で,父や水戸家の蔵書を読破し,詩歌連句にいそしみ,『豊臣秀吉譜』『中朝帝王譜』編選などで父の代作を務め,朝鮮通信使と筆談した。多病にして官事を好まず,叔父方分家の相続を幕閣から再三勧められるが従わず,正保3(1646)年,老中連中の請によりやむなく剃髪して幕儒となる。明暦2(1656)年,法眼。主著の隠者叢伝『本朝遯史』は彼の隠逸志向の発露。詩仙堂三十六詩仙選出をはじめとして,その文事は初期林家の享楽的一面を示す。<著作>『読耕先生全集』

(宮崎修多)

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