was a Japanese Neo-Confucian scholar, teacher and administrator in the system of higher education maintained by the Tokugawa ''bakufu'' during the Edo period. He was a member of the Hayashi clan of Confucian scholars.

Academician

Hōkō was the fourth Hayashi clan ''Daigaku-no-kami'' of the Edo period. Hōkō is known as the second official

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

of the Shōhei-kō. This academy would come to be known as the Yushima Seidō) . This institution stood at the apex of the country-wide educational and training system which was created and maintained by the Tokugawa shogunate. Ryūkō's hereditary title was '' Daigaku-no-kami,'' which, in the context of the Tokugawa shogunate hierarchy, effectively translates as "head of the state university".De Bary, William ''et al.'' (2005)
''Sources of Japanese Tradition,'' Vol. 2, p. 443.
/ref>

Notes

References

* De Bary, William Theodore, Carol Gluck, Arthur E. Tiedemann. (2005). ''Sources of Japanese Tradition,'' Vol. 2. New York: Columbia University Press.
OCLC 255020415
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301

External links

Tokyo's ''Shōhei-kō'' (Yushima Sedō) today
* Waseda
林榴岡
Advisors to Tokugawa shoguns Japanese philosophers Japanese Confucianists 1681 births 1758 deaths Neo-Confucian scholars {{Japan-philosopher-stub

Academician

See also

Notes

References

External links