Matsusaka (松阪市, Matsusaka-shi), sometimes called Matsuzaka, is a city in central Mie Prefecture. It is on the island of Honshū, Japan. The city is famous for its Matsusaka beef.
Motoori Norinaga (本居宣長) (1730–1801) - scholar of the Edo period whose teachings were based on the kokugaku, the rejection all foreign, particularly Chinese, influence on Japanese culture.