Thought & Scholarship

Toneri-shinnō 舎人親王 676 Historian Kibi no Makibi 吉備真備 695 Philosopher Hieda no Are 稗田阿礼 700 Historian Ō no Yasumaro 太安万侶 723 Historian Saichō 最澄 767 Philosopher Kūkai 空海 774 Philosopher Sei Shōnagon 清少納言 966 Historian Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部 978 Philosopher Jien 慈円 1155 Historian Dōgen 道元 1200 Philosopher Nichiren 日蓮 1222 Philosopher Musō Soseki 夢窓疎石 1275 Philosopher Zeami Motokiyo 世阿弥 1363 Philosopher Fujiwara Seika 藤原惺窩 1561 Philosopher Hayashi Razan 林羅山 1583 Philosopher Ikeda Mitsumasa 池田光政 1609 Philosopher Hayashi Gahō 林鵞峰 1618 Philosopher Kumazawa Banzan 熊沢蕃山 1619 Philosopher Yamazaki Ansai 山崎闇斎 1619 Philosopher Itō Jinsai 伊藤仁斎 1627 Philosopher Kaibara Ekken 貝原益軒 1630 Philosopher Hayashi Hōkō 林鳳岡 1644 Philosopher Arai Hakuseki 新井白石 1657 Historian Muro Kyūsō 室鳩巣 1658 Philosopher Yamamoto Tsunetomo 山本常朝 1659 Philosopher Ogyū Sorai 荻生徂徠 1666 Philosopher Hayashi Ryūkō 林榴岡 1681 Philosopher Ishida Baigan 石田梅岩 1685 Philosopher Hakuin Ekaku 白隠慧鶴 1686 Philosopher Kamo no Mabuchi 賀茂真淵 1697 Philosopher Yokoi Yayū 横井也有 1702 Philosopher Andō Shōeki 安藤昌益 1703 Philosopher Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕 1712 Philosopher Tominaga Nakamoto 富永仲基 1715 Philosopher Miura Baien 三浦梅園 1723 Philosopher Motoori Norinaga 本居宣長 1730 Philosopher Nakai Riken 中井履軒 1732 Philosopher Honda Toshiaki 本多利明 1744 Philosopher Hanawa Hokiichi 塙保己一 1746 Historian Matsudaira Sadanobu 松平定信 1759 Philosopher Hayashi Jussai 林述斎 1768 Philosopher Hirata Atsutane 平田篤胤 1776 Philosopher Rai San’yo 頼山陽 1780 Historian Aizawa Seishisai 会沢正志斎 1782 Philosopher Kusaba Haisen 草場佩川 1787 Philosopher Ninomiya Sontoku 二宮尊徳 1787 Philosopher Yasui Sokken 安井息軒 1799 Philosopher Hayashi Akira 林復斎 1801 Philosopher Date Munehiro 伊達千広 1802 Historian Hagiwara Hiromichi 萩原広道 1815 Philosopher Saitō Chikudō 斎藤竹堂 1815 Historian Kurimoto Joun 栗本鋤雲 1822 Journalist Katsu Kaishū 勝海舟 1823 Historian Akizuki Teijirō 秋月悌次郎 1824 Philosopher Ichiki Shirō 市来四郎 1829 Historian Nishi Amane 西周 1829 Philosopher Robun Kanagaki 仮名垣魯文 1829 Journalist Yoshida Shōin 吉田松陰 1830 Philosopher Nakamura Masanao 中村正直 1832 Philosopher Hayashi Gakusai 林学斎 1833 Philosopher