Tominaga Nakamoto (富永 仲基 Tominaga Nakamoto, 1715-1746) was a Japanese philosopher.[1] He was not attached to any of the predominant religious schools of his time (the Tokugawa Era), but always kept a relativist point of view in his philosophy. He was also a merchant in Osaka. He was critical of Shintoism which was seen by him as deeply obscurantist, specially in its habit of secret instruction. As he always said, "hiding is the beginning of lying and stealing".[2][3]