Motoori Norinaga - Timeline

Timeline

• 1730 - Born as second son
• Education:
  • At the age of seven could already read and write
  • 11 years old reciting Noh theatre pieces and Confucian classics
  • 13y. visiting the shrine of Yoshino
  • 16y. archery
  • 18y. Japanese tea ceremony
  • 19y. advanced Confucian training
• 1748 - Norinaga is adopted by the Imaida family, reversed after only 2 years.
• 1751 - His stepbrother dies.
• 1752 - Goes to Kyoto to study medical science
• 1752-57 - Some scholars note his productivity. Motoori produces 2000 Waka and 40 books and copies 15 others.
• 1757 - Reads Kamo no Mabuchi's first book, Kanji kō. Lacking money he returns to his hometown to open a medical practice.
• 1760 - Enters arranged marriage with Murata Mika, divorced after 3 months.
• 1762 - Marries Kusubuka Tami and one year later their son Haruniwa is born.
• 1763 - Meets Kamo no Mabuchi who tells him to read the Nihonshoki and the Man'yōshū
• 1764-71 - Studies the Kojiki, and begins to spread his teachings.
• 1799 - Motoori Ōhira became his adopted son.
• 1801 - Dies.