Hayashi Clan

The Hayashi clan (林氏, Hayashi-shi?) was the name of several Japanese clans, of varying origin.

  • Hayashi clan (Owari) of Owari Province (a branch of the Inaba clan)
  • Hayashi clan (Confucian scholars) of Confucian scholars (founded by Hayashi Razan, came to prominence in the early Edo period, scholarly advisors to Tokugawa Ieyasu)
  • Hayashi clan (Jōzai) of the Jōzai Domain (descended from the Ogasawara clan)

Famous quotes containing the word clan:

    It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man’s interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)