Background
Takanao Fujii was born in 1746. The son of Takahisa, a Shinto priest of the Kibitsu Shrine near Okayama, he studied under Norinaga Moto-ori.
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Takanao Fujii
Edit ProfileScholar of Japanese classic literature.
Education
He studied under Norinaga Moto-ori. After seven years ' study under Moto-ori, he succeeded his father.
Career
Besides being well-versed in Shinto literature, he had a generous understanding of Confucianism and Buddhism. His ideas were considerably different from Moto-ori's, which were genuinely Shintoistic. He had many followers.
