Motoori Norinaga wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Motoori Norinaga as Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801).
Motoori Norinaga was born at Matsusaka in 1730. His recorded nationality is Japan.
Enlightenment argument moved philosophy into public life: it was now about government, rights and religion as much as metaphysics.
His academic posts were held at Kishū Domain.
Among his principal works are Kojiki-den, Genji Monogatari Nenkikō and Shibun Yōryō. Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
That the work was done from Japan matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Motoori Norinaga died in 1801, aged 71. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Kojiki-den
- Notable work: Genji Monogatari Nenkikō
- Notable work: Shibun Yōryō
- Notable work: Isonokami Sasamegoto
- Held posts at Kishū Domain
