Motoori Haruniwa

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Motoori".

Motoori Haruniwa (本居 春庭^?, March 17, 1763 - December 13, 1828) was a scholar of Kokugaku, and student of the Japanese language. He was a first son of Motoori Norinaga. He was called Kenzo(健蔵) in childhood.

Life

Haruniwa followed his father and studied the Japanese language from childhood. His father, Norinaga made Haruniwa copy literature of antiquity. Haruniwa wrote down that his father lectured by oral. He contracted an eye disease from August of 1791, eventually going blind in 1795. His disease is supposed to Uveitis by Adachi Ken-ichi(足立巻一, a student of Haruniwa.).　Haruniwa transferred a Katoku（家督，patria potestas of Japan）of Motoori house to Motoori Ōhira,who was an adoptive son of Motoori Norinaga. Haruniwa continued with his study of the verb and finished his study of conjugation in 1806. He is a pioneer of conjugation study in Japan.

Works

• "Kotoba no Yachimata" : Japanese name (詞八衢}Study of conjugation
• "Kotoba no Kayoiji" : Japanese name (詞通路)Study of an intransitive verb and transitive verb
• "Nochi-Suzunoyasyū" : Japanese name (後鈴屋集)Anthology of Haruniwa's Waka poems

Bibliography

• "Yachimata (やちまた)" by Adachi Ken-ichi(足立巻一)

See also

• Kokugaku
• Motoori Norinaga
• List of linguists

Persondata
Name	Motoori, Haruniwa
Alternative names	本居春庭 (Japanese)
Short description	Japanese linguist
Date of birth	March 17, 1763
Place of birth
Date of death	December 13, 1828
Place of death