Arai Hakuseki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arai Hakuseki

Japanese philosopher

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1657

Place of Birth: Edo, Japan

Date of Death: 29-Jun-1725

Profession: writer, poet, politician, economist, historian, philosopher

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Arai Hakuseki (?? ??, March 24, 1657 – June 29, 1725) was a Confucianist, scholar-bureaucrat, academic, administrator, writer and politician in Japan during the middle of the Edo period, who advised the shogun Tokugawa Ienobu.
His personal name was Kinmi or Kimiyoshi (??).
Hakuseki (??) was his pen name.
His father was a Kururi han samurai Arai Masazumi (?? ??).