Born at Kubota in Dewa (Akita) into a samurai family of the Akita domain.
He left home for Edo, pursuing his studies through hardship.
He was adopted by the Hirata, a samurai family of the Bitchū Matsuyama domain.
Around this time, reading Motoori Norinaga's books, he awoke to National Learning; though Norinaga had died, he called himself his disciple.
He opened a school in Edo teaching National Learning.
Around this time, in works such as Tama no Mihashira, he championed Restoration Shinto, a return to ancient Shinto free of Buddhist and Confucian influence.
Around this time he had many disciples nationwide; his ideas greatly influenced the late-Edo pro-emperor movement.
Accused of criticizing the shogunate, he was banned from writing and sent back to Akita.
He died in Akita.
Motoori NorinagaMogami Tokunai
Jippensha IkkuKyokutei BakinTakadaya KaheiSatō IssaiZusho HirosatoMamiya RinzōRai San'yōHirose Tanso
People of the Edo period ・ People by period
Based on facts found in textbooks and biographies. Uncertain points are marked as such.