Razan became the rector of Edo's Confucian Academy, the Shōhei-kō (afterwards known at the Yushima Seidō) which was built on land provided by the "shōgun". This institution stood at the apex of the country-wide educational and training system which was created and maintained by the Tokugawa shogunate. Razan had the honorific title "Daigaku-no-kami," which became hereditary in his family. It also happened that the position as head of the Seidō became hereditary in the Hayashi family. "Daigaku-no-kami", in the context of the Tokugawa shogunate hierarchy, effectively translates as "Head of the State University.