Born at Hamamatsu in Tōtōmi (Shizuoka) to a family serving a Shinto shrine.
Around this time he went to Kyoto and studied under the National Learning scholar Kada no Azumamaro.
Around this time he moved to Edo and began teaching National Learning.
He entered the service of Tayasu Munetake, a son of shogun Yoshimune, studying the Japanese classics.
Around this time he retired to devote himself to the Man'yōshū, prizing the generous spirit of the ancients.
At Matsusaka in Ise he met Motoori Norinaga for a single evening and urged him to study the Kojiki; Norinaga thereafter learned from him by letter.
Around this time he wrote Kokuikō, expounding Japan's native spirit.
He died in Edo.
Motoori NorinagaKeichūUeda AkinariHanawa Hokiichi
Amenomori HoshuŌoka TadasukeTokugawa YoshimuneIshida BaiganAoki Kon'yōYosa BusonItō JakuchūTanuma Okitsugu
People of the Edo period ・ People by period
Based on facts found in textbooks and biographies. Uncertain points are marked as such.