Azumamaro KADA, who was born to the Hakura family whose profession was the priest of an Inari Shrine, laid a foundation for the research of classic Japanese literature, Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters), and Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), by developing Kinsei Kokugaku (also called "Wagaku") (the study of pre-modern Japanese literature and culture).
（荷田春満は，稲荷社祠官，羽倉家の生まれで，僧契沖に始まる近世国学（和学　倭学）を発展させて，「万葉集，古事記，日本書紀」研究の基礎を作った。