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Arai Hakuseki
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Japanese scholar and official (1657–1725)

Also known as: Hakuseki Arai, Араи Хакусэки, أراي هاكوسيكي, 아라이 하쿠세키, 新井白石

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Known works

  • Arai Hakuseki nikki
  • 戴恩記
  • Oritaku shiba no ki (1939)
  • The sword book in Honchō gunkikō and The book of Samé, Kō hi sei gi of Inaba Tsūriō (1963)
  • Seiyō kibun (1980)