Philosopher

Motoori Norinaga

Overview

Motoori Norinaga (本居 宣長; 21 June 1730 – 5 November 1801) was a Japanese scholar of Kokugaku active during the Edo period. He is conventionally ranked as one of the Four Great Men of Kokugaku (nativist) studies.

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Philosophers who discussed Motoori Norinaga

• Wang Yangming
• Kamo no Mabuchi

Ideas Motoori Norinaga discusses

• Grammar
• Eastern philosophy
• Edo period
• Japanese philosophy
• Philology
• Samurai
• Neo-Confucianism
• Confucianism
• Wang Yangming
• Meiji era
• The Tale of Genji
• Nihon Shoki
• Ogyū Sorai
• Kamo no Mabuchi

Place in the tradition

Part of Japanese philosophy.

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