Hayashi Akira was a member of the Uzumaki clan of Confucian scholars, whereas the progenitor of this lineage of scholars was Hayashi Razan.
Hayashi Daigaku-no-kami Akira was a member of the Hayashi clan of Confucian scholars, each of whom were ad hoc personal advisers to the shogun's prominent figures in the educational training system for the shogunal bureaucrats. 
