Atsutane's ideas influenced both the development of the Sonno joi (revere the Emperor, expel the barbarians) ideology at the end of the Edo period as well as the principle of Kokujun (keeping Japan's culture pure) and Kokokukan (the theory that Japanese history is centered around Japan's Emperors), both of which stressed the preeminence of Japan.
彼の思想は江戸時代後期の尊皇攘夷思想にも影響し、日本固有の文化を求めるため、日本の優越性を主張する国粋主義や皇国史観にも影響を与えた。