MOTOORI NORINAGA (1730–1801), regarded as the preeminent scholar of the Kokugaku ("national learning") school of premodern Japan. Born Ozu Yoshisada to a merchant-class family in Matsuzaka, Norinaga became interested in literature...

(1730–1801), Japanese scholar. Considered one of Japan's greatest scholars, Motoori Norinaga was born in Ise Province near the Grand Shrine of Ise. In 1752, he went to Kyoto to study Chinese classics and medicine, and during this time he...

Motoori Norinaga (Japanese: 本居宣長; 21 June 1730–5 November 1801) was a Japanese scholar of Kokugaku during the Edo period. He is probably the best known and most prominent of all scholars in this...

9780824830786 The poetics of Motoori Norinaga; a hermeneutical journey. Motoori, Norinaga. Ed. and trans. by Michael F. Marra. U. of Hawai'i Pr. 2007 293 pages $57.00 Hardcover PL727 Marra (Japanese literature, aesthetics, and hermeneutics;...