Tanaka Ōhide (田中 大秀) (1777-1847[1]) was a Japanese antiquary, folklorist, lexicographer, ethnographer, and scholar of the nationalist kokugaku movement.
Ōhide became skilled in courtly arts such as prose writing, poetry composition, and playing the flute and koto.
[5] Using medieval gazetteers, Ōhide identified the locations of many rural cemeteries that had been forgotten and fallen into disrepair.
He also installed a memorial stele at the springs of Tarui [ja], where the ancient hero Yamato Takeru was said to have washed his eyes.
[3] His jisei is recorded as follows, Now I lie down to sleep in the pine shadows of Matsumuro, and ask that the eternal green be my friend 今日よりは我まつむろに蔭しめてちよのみどりを友とたのまむHis grave is located at the Matsumuro-oka cemetery in Takayama, Gifu.