Hirata Moritane

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Hirata Moritane
平田 盛胤
Personal details
Born	September 26, 1863 Kasamatsu, Mino Province, Japan
Died	February 28, 1945(1945-02-28) (aged 81) Ōyu Village, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Children	Hirata Munetane (adopted)
Occupation	Priest
Known for	4th head of the Ibukinoya

Hirata Moritane (平田 盛胤, 1863-1945) was a Japanese Shinto priest and scholar of kokugaku. He was one of the heirs of the legacy of Hirata Atsutane, and during his lifetime was considered a leading figure in Tokyo's system of Shinto shrines.^[1]