Meanwhile, Norinaga MOTOORI succeeded in interpretation of "Kojiki" (the Records of Ancient Matters), which had been left undecipherable in the Edo period, and contributed in forming the origin of the study of Japanese classical literature.
一方で、本居宣長が江戸期には解読不能に陥っていた『古事記』の解読に成功し、国学の源流を形成していった。