Mori Terumoto

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Mori Terumoto

Mori Terumoto (?? ??, January 22, 1553 – April 27, 1625) was the son of Mori Takamoto

Mori Takamoto

was a daimyo of Aki Province during Japan's Sengoku period. He was the eldest legitimate son of Mori Motonari....
and grandson and successor of the great warlord Mori Motonari

Mori Motonari

was a prominent daimyo in the west Chugoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century....
, fought against Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
but was eventually overcome, participated in the Kyushu campaign

Kyushu Campaign

The Kyushu Campaign of 1587 was part of the campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who sought to dominate Japan at the end of the Sengoku period. Having subjugated much of Honshu and Invasion of Shikoku , and with his eye on Japanese invasions of Korea , Hideyoshi turned his attention to the southernmost of the main Japanese islands, Kyushu, in 15...
(1587) on Hideyoshi's side and built Hiroshima Castle

Hiroshima Castle

', sometimes called ' is a Japanese castle in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan which was the home of the daimyo of the Hiroshima han . Originally constructed in the 1590s, the castle was destroyed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945....
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Terumoto was a member of the council of Five Elders

Council of Five Elders

The council of five elders, also known as the five Tairo , was formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan in the place of his son, Toyotomi Hideyori, until such time as he came of age....
appointed by Hideyoshi. At the height of his power in late 16th century, Terumoto controlled 1.2 million koku
Koku

The is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres....
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Mori Terumoto (?? ??, January 22, 1553 – April 27, 1625) was the son of Mori Takamoto

Mori Takamoto

was a daimyo of Aki Province during Japan's Sengoku period. He was the eldest legitimate son of Mori Motonari....
and grandson and successor of the great warlord Mori Motonari

Mori Motonari

was a prominent daimyo in the west Chugoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century....
, fought against Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Kyushu Campaign

Hiroshima Castle

Council of Five Elders

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
but was not present at the Battle of Sekigahara

Battle of Sekigahara

The , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate,...
. Terumoto was in Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle

is a Japanese castle in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.Originally called Ozakajo, it is one of Japan's most famous castles, and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period....
defending Toyotomi Hideyori

Toyotomi Hideyori

Toyotomi Hideyori , 1593 - June 5, 1615, was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan....
at the time and surrendered to Ieyasu soon after Sekigahara. Ieyasu reduced Terumoto's domains, leaving him only Nagato

Nagato Province

, often called , was a Provinces of Japan of Japan. It was at the extreme western end of Honshu, in the area that is today Yamaguchi prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami Province and Suo Provinces....
and Suo Province

Suo Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Suo bordered on Aki Province, Iwami Province, and Nagato Provinces....
s, worth 369,000 koku in total.

He is believed to having been a below-average general on and off the battle field, having lacked motivation and will. He made little impact in these final years of the Sengoku period

Sengoku period

The was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
, often having his subordinates and lesser members of clan fight instead. It is believed that if he had fought at Sekigahara or brought Hideyori to the battlefield, Ieyasu would have been defeated instead. However, he managed his domain well and successfully held the Mori clan together even when his domain was reduced to a third.