Background
Yoritsune Tanaka was born in 1836 as the son of Tanaka Shirōzaemon, a retainer of Satsuma Domain (in present-day Kagoshima Prefecture).
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Yoritsune Tanaka
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Education
At the age of fifteen he was implicated in a political dispute and was exiled to the island of Ōshima.
Career
Entered the services of the Department of Shrines (1871) and later was elevated to rank of chief supervising Shinto priest (1882). He revised Kotei Nihon-gi (Commentary· of Nihonshoki) and Kotei Kojiki (Commentary of Kojiki).
