What is Motoori Norinaga?
{{Infobox person |name = Motoori Norinaga |image =Motoori_Norinaga_self_portrait.jpg |image_size = 150px |caption =[[Self-portrait]] by Motoori |birth_name = |birth_date = 21 June 1730 |birth_place = |death_date = 5 November 1801 |death_place = Matsuzaka |death_cause = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = |nationality = [[Japan]] |other_names = 本居 宣長 |known_for = |education = |employer = |occupation = |home_town = |title = |salary = |networth = |height = |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = |boards = |religion = |spouse = |partner = |children = |parents = |relatives = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} {{Japanese name|Motoori}} '''Motoori Norinaga''' ({{lang-ja|本居宣長}}; 21 June 1730 – 5 November 1801) was a [[Japan|Japanese]] [[scholar]] and [[poet]] during the [[History of Japan#Edo period|Edo period]]. Norinaga's most important works include the ''Kojiki-den'' (''Commentaries on the [[Kojiki]]''), created more than 35 years ago, and his comments on the ''[[Tale of Genji]]''. Motoori was born in what is now [[Matsusaka, Mie|Matsusaka]] in [[Ise Province]] (now part of [[Mie Prefecture]]). At the age of 22, Motoori went to [[Kyoto]] to study medicine. Although best known as a [[Kokugaku]] scholar, Norinaga worked as a doctor for 40 years in Matsusaka. He was the first to use the term [[Mono no aware]], which is now an important concept in Japanese [[culture]]. {{Authority control}} {{Commonscat|Motoori Norinaga}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Norinaga, Motoori}} [[Category:1730 births]] [[Category:1801 deaths]] [[Category:Japanese poets]] [[Category:People from Mie Prefecture]]