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Cover of Motoori Norinaga, 1730–1801

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Shinto and Japanese Religion

Motoori Norinaga, 1730–1801

by Shigeru Matsumoto

An intellectual biography of the leading scholar of National Learning. Matsumoto follows Norinaga's development from poetics and the idea of mono no aware to his commentary on the Kojiki and his theology of the ancient way.

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