was a scholar of

Kokugaku ''Kokugaku'' ( ja, 國學, label=Kyūjitai, ja, 国学, label=Shinjitai; literally "national study") was an academic movement, a school of Japanese philology and philosophy originating during the Tokugawa period. Kokugaku scholars worked to refo ...

, and was the successor to

Motoori Norinaga 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. Life Norinaga was born in what is now Matsusaka in Ise Province (now part of Mie Pre ...

's school master. His pen name was Fuji no Kakitsu (藤垣内).

Life

Ōhira was born in Matsuzaka of the province of Ise (now

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). He was a son of Inagake Munetaka (稲懸棟隆 or 稲掛棟隆) who was a merchant and Norinaga's pupil. Ōhira entered Norinaga's School by 13 years old, and became Norinaga's adopted son at the age of 44 years. Motoori Norinaga was serving

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. However, Ōhira inherited a patrimony at Motoori house after the Norinaga's death, because Norinaga's first son,

Motoori Haruniwa was a scholar of Kokugaku, and student of the Japanese language. He was a first son of Motoori Norinaga. He was called Kenzo (健蔵) in childhood. Life Haruniwa followed his father and studied the Japanese language from childhood. His father, N ...

(本居春庭) was blinded. In 1802, Wakayama Domain gave an order to Ōhira to work. After Ōhira was moved to Wakayama in 1809, Norinaga's school branched off Haruniwa's school in Matsuzaka and Ōhira's one in Wakayama. Ōhira's character was gentle, his seigneur was deeply trusted in him. Ōhira taught seigneur about classical Japanese literature and edited "Ise Zoku Fudoki (伊勢続風土記)" that was

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. He endeavored to succeed to Norinaga's Study and to lead the school. He had at least 1,000 pupils.

Works

Ōhira mostly faithfully followed Norinaga's thoughts. * ''Kogaku no Kaname'' : Japanese name (古学要) * ''Tamahoko Hyakushukai'' : Japanese name (玉鉾百首解) * ''Kagurauta Shinshaku'' : Japanese name (神楽歌新釈) * ''Yasoura no Tama'' : Japanese name (八十浦之玉) * ''Inabashū'' : Japanese name (稲葉集) It is an anthology of Waka Poems

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Motoori, Ohira Kokugaku scholars People from Mie Prefecture People from Wakayama Prefecture 1756 births 1833 deaths Japanese writers of the Edo period