The was the name of several
Japanese clans, of varying origin.
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Hayashi clan (Owari) of Owari Province (a branch of the Inaba clan)
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Hayashi clan (Confucian scholars) of Confucian scholars (founded by Hayashi Razan, came to prominence in the early Edo period, scholarly advisors to Tokugawa Ieyasu)
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Hayashi clan (Jōzai)
The , onetime ruling family of the Jōzai Domain, is a Japanese clan which traces its origins to the Ogasawara clan, the shugo of Shinano Province, and through the Takeda clan, from the Seiwa Genji. The family served the Matsudaira (later Tokug ...
of the Jōzai Domain (descended from the Ogasawara clan)
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