 The Hirata academy was not known for recruiting women or actively welcoming them into the school, and their percentage of female followers was significantly less than in the schools of Kamo no Mabuchi and Motoori Norinaga. Regardless, Taseko’s actions demonstrate her role in the events of the Restoration, as well as highlight the opportunities which the Hirata academy provided her to interact with notable political figures and to have her voice heard by them and her fellow Kokugaku students.