Hakuseki, on the contrary, insisted that Takamanohara was located in Taka County of Hitachi Province because the land where the God of Sun appeared was pronounced in On-Kun reading as Hitachi and because in the Kyujiki (ancient Japanese historical text), taka in Takamagahara was described as Country named Taka.
これに対し、言葉の音訓から日神が立たれた土地は日立国で常陸という表記になり、高天原の高は旧事紀で高国と記述あり、即ち常陸国多珂郡であるという。