In addition, Azumamaro KADANO, a Shinto priest of Fushimi Inari Shrine, contributed his "Kodoron" (Theory on the Ancient Ways), in which he tried to recapture the essence of ancient Japan by studying Shinto and the Japanese Classics.
続いて伏見稲荷の神官であった荷田春満が神道や古典から古き日本の姿を追求しようとする「古道論」を唱えた。