This is a Japanese name; the family name is Motoori.
Motoori Norinaga (Japanese: 本居宣長; 21 June 1730–5 November 1801) was a Japanese scholar of Kokugaku during the Edo period. He is probably the best known and most prominent of all scholars in this tradition.

Works

1730 - Born as second son
Education:

• At the age of seven could already read and write
  11 years old reciting Noh theatre pieces and Confucian classics
  13y. visiting the shrine of Yoshino
  16y. archery
  18y. Japanese tea ceremony
  19y. advanced Confucian training
  1748 - Norinaga is adopted by the Imaida family, reversed after only 2 years.
  1751 - His stepbrother dies.
  1752 - Goes to Kyoto to study medical science
  1752-57 - Some scholars note his productivity. Motoori produces 2000 Waka and 40 books and copies 15 others.
  1757 - Reads Kamo no Mabuchi's first book, Kanji kō. Lacking money he returns to his hometown to open a medical practice.
  1760 - Enters arranged marriage with Murata Mika, divorced after 3 months.
  1762 - Marries Kusubuka Tami and one year later their son Haruniwa is born.
  1763 - Meets Kamo no Mabuchi who tells him to read the Nihonshoki and the Man'yōshū
  1764-71 - Studies the Kojiki, and begins to spread his teachings.
  1801 - Dies.