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 mans interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.”
—Anthony Trollope (18151882)