Ohira Motoori

Japanese: 本居大平 - もとおり・おおひら

Year of death: Tempo 4.9.11 (1833.10.23)
Year of birth: 17th February 1756 (1756.3.17)
A scholar of Japanese classics in the mid-to-late Edo period. His maiden name was Inakake. His childhood name was Tsunematsu, later Shigeho, Shigeho, and Ohira. He was commonly known as Juzo, Juta, and Jusuke. He was the son of Inakake Munetaka, a tofu merchant from Matsusaka, Ise Province (Mie Prefecture). He was adopted by Motoori Norinaga, and after inheriting the family name, he was called Motoori Sanshiemon and Fujigakinai no Oji. He became Norinaga's disciple at the age of 13, and thereafter served him closely, accompanying him on his travels. In 1799 (Kansei 11), at the age of 44, he was adopted by Norinaga, and after Norinaga's death, he succeeded the Motoori family in place of Motoori Harutani, who suffered from eye disease. He served Tokugawa Harutaka, the lord of the Kishu (Wakayama) domain, and in 1808 (Bunka 5), he was ordered to select the "Kii Zoku Fudoki," and in 1809, he left Matsusaka and moved to Wakayama with his wife and children. He lectured to feudal lords and, at the request of his students, traveled to Ise, Matsuzaka, and Kyoto to teach. He had over 1,000 students. However, he did not achieve any outstanding academic results. As Kyokutei Bakin described him as "a man of good character" (Kyouryōmanroku), he unified the Motoori school with his gentle and sincere personality. Ohira lost his eldest, second, and third sons in succession, and adopted Hamada Kamajirō, the husband of his third daughter Fujiko, as his successor under the name Motoori Uchito.

(Yoichi Iikura)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：天保4.9.11(1833.10.23)
生年：宝暦6.2.17(1756.3.17)
江戸中・後期の国学者。旧姓稲掛氏。幼名常松,のち茂穂,重穂,大平。通称十蔵,十太,十介。伊勢国(三重県)松坂の豆腐商稲掛棟隆の子。本居宣長の養子となり,家督をうけたのちは,本居三四右衛門と称し,藤垣内翁と呼ばれた。13歳のとき,宣長に入門,以後,宣長の旅に随行するなど近仕した。寛政11(1799)年44歳で宣長の養子となり,宣長の死後,眼疾の本居春庭に代わって本居家を継ぐ。紀州(和歌山)藩主徳川治宝に仕え,文化5(1808)年『紀伊続風土記』選進の命を蒙り,6年には松坂を離れて,妻子を連れて和歌山に移住した。藩主に進講したり,門人の要請によって伊勢,松坂,京都に出向いて指導した。門人も1000人以上におよんだ。しかし学問的には特に卓抜な業績はなかった。曲亭馬琴が「人品良き人」(『羇旅漫録』)と評したように,その温厚篤実な人柄によって本居学派をまとめた。大平は長男,次男,3男を相次いで亡くし,3女藤子の婿の浜田鎌次郎を養子として,本居内遠として家を継がせた。

(飯倉洋一)

出典　朝日日本歴史人物事典：（株）朝日新聞出版朝日日本歴史人物事典について　情報

<<: Motoori Toyoka

>>: Motoori Uchito - Motoori Uchito