Kada Azumamaro
Japanese religious leader
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Kada Azumamaro (1669–1736) was a key figure in the Fukko Shintō movement in 18th-century Japan. This school of thought aimed to rediscover the original meaning of ancient Shintō by studying Japanese classics. Azumamaro's work influenced later scholars like Kamo Mabuchi and Motoori Norinaga, who further developed Shintō interpretations, emphasizing simplicity and the divine order of nature, and later, the revelation of deities like the sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami.1
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