Hayashi Ōen
A samurai by birth, Ōen was born into the family of Hayashi Mataemon Michihide, a retainer of Kumamoto.
He studied under Nagase Masaki, and was noted for his scholarly studies of the Japanese classics of Higo.
A deeply religious man, Ōen placed substantial emphasis on the use of the" ukehi" ritual in divination, calling it," the most wonderous of all Shinto rites".
Ōen promulgated his highly xenophobic views through his school, the Gendōkan, which he founded in 1837 at Chiba Castle.
He advocated resistance to Western influence and trade, and recommended the expulsion of foreigners from Japan.
In 1868. he became a teacher at the Jishūkan, and also worked as an advisor to Iwakura Tomomi.
He died aged 73 at the home of his student Otaguro Tomoo.
After his death, his students, led by Tomoo, adapted his teachings to form the basis of the Shinpūren movement.
Lacordaire
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David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Ernest Lavisse
Ernest Lavisse( 17 December 184218 August 1922) was a French historian.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.
Honchō Tsugan
The Honchō Tsugan( 本朝通鑑) is a book on the history of Japan by Hayashi Razan and Hayashi Gahō in 1670.
The whole work comprises 326 scrolls.
Atsushi Tamura
He and his partner,, form the known as.
Though the two share the same surname, there is no family relation.
The pair started their career by performing comedy on the streets of Tokyo.
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Ōtaguro Tomoo
A sickly child, Ōtaguro was raised by his mother's family after the death of his father.
In his early years, his health was so fragile that the family's physician even forbade him from reading.
Disgusted by the" ukiyo" lifestyle of contemporary Edo, Ōtaguro became involved with the movement of Takechi Hanpeita.
Concerned that his" sonn ō jōi" activism would have negative repercussions for his family, he had himself stricken from the records of the Iida clan and was adopted into the Ono family( who later disowned him on charges of negligence).
He became a disciple of Hayashi Ōen, and followed his mentor into the Shinto priesthood, becoming" shikan" of the Isa Ote Jingu shrine at Shinkai.
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Question: Did Ernest Lavisse and Hayashi Ōen share the same nationality?
Answer: no