In the summer of 1820, a shopkeeper of a bookshop introduced Kanetane to Atsutane HIRATA's works including "Tama no Mihashira" (Concept of Afterlife), "Koshi Seibun" (Early History) and "Koshicho" (Clarification of Early History), then he grew a longing for the study of Japanese Kodo.
文政3年夏に、書肆の主人の紹介で、篤胤の『霊能真柱』『古史成文』『古史徴』その他に目を通し皇国に伝わる古道の学に憧憬思慕した。