Kokugaku - National Learning
The scholarly movement to recover authentic Japanese spiritual traditions.
Kokugaku was the 18th-century movement to rediscover Japan's native spirituality beneath layers of Chinese and Buddhist influence. Scholars like Motoori Norinaga studied ancient texts to reveal the pure Japanese spirit embodied in Shinto.
In the ancient texts, we find the pure spirit of Japan before foreign influences.
Kokugaku shaped modern Shinto and Japanese nationalism.
Kokugaku school