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Mori clan

The Mori clan (??? Mori-shi) was a family

Japanese clans

This is a list of Japanese clans. The ancient clans mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period....
of daimyo

Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
, descended from Oe no Hiromoto

Oe no Hiromoto

Oe no Hiromoto was a kuge and vassal of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and contributed to establishing the shogunate's governmental structure,...
and established themselves in Aki Province

Aki Province

or Geishu was a Provinces of Japan in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan....
. Their name was derived from a shoen

Shoen

A was a field or manor in Japan. The Japanese language term comes from the Tang dynasty Chinese language term zhuangyuan.After the decay of the ritsuryo system in Japan, a feudal system of manors developed....
in Mori, Aiko District, Sagami Province

Sagami Province

was an old provinces of Japan. It occupied most of the area that is today Kanagawa prefecture, but present-day Yokohama and Kawasaki, Kanagawa, now part of Kanagawa Prefecture, were not in Sagami....
. The generation of Hiromoto began to name themselves Mori.

After the Jokyu War

Jokyu War

, also known as the 'Jokyu Disturbance', was fought in Japan between the forces of Emperor Go-Toba and those of the Hojo clan, regents of the Kamakura shogunate, whom the retired emperor was trying to overthrow....
, Mori was appointed to the jito

Jito

were medieval land Steward in Japan, especially in the Kamakura Shogunate and Muromachi period Shogunates. Appointed by the shogun, jito managed Manorialisms including national holdings governed by the provincial governor ....
office of a shoen in Aki Province. During the Kamakura period

Kamakura period

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The Mori clan (??? Mori-shi) was a family

Japanese clans

This is a list of Japanese clans. The ancient clans mentioned in the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki lost their political power before the Heian period....
of daimyo

Daimyo

Oe no Hiromoto

Oe no Hiromoto was a kuge and vassal of Japan's Kamakura shogunate, and contributed to establishing the shogunate's governmental structure,...
and established themselves in Aki Province

Aki Province

or Geishu was a Provinces of Japan in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan....
. Their name was derived from a shoen

Shoen

Sagami Province

Jokyu War

Jito

Kamakura period

The is a period of History of Japan that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura, Kanagawa by the first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo....
Mori was one of prominent Gokenin family due to the fame of their ancestor Hiromoto. At the end of Kamakura Shogunate, Mori was distant from the Shogunate and showed a favorable attitude to Ashikaga Takauji

Ashikaga Takauji

was the founder and 1st shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358....
.

In 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....
, Mori Motonari

Mori Motonari

was a prominent daimyo in the west Chugoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century....
succeeded to expand their power to the whole Aki province and then other neighboring provinces. In his generation, Mori became the daimyo from a local Gokenin.

After a struggle between 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....
, who led his army as a general of Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
, the two sides made peace and Mohri remained as a daimyo who kept five provinces in Chugoku. In 1600 Mori Terumoto

Mori Terumoto

Mori Terumoto was the son of Mori Takamoto and grandson and successor of the great warlord Mori Motonari, fought against Toyotomi Hideyoshi but was eventually overcome, participated in the Kyushu campaign on Hideyoshi's side and built Hiroshima Castle....
led the West Army in 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,...
nominally. The West Army lost the battle and the Mori clan lost three eastern provinces and moved their capital from Hiroshima

Hiroshima

The Japanese city of is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands....
to currentday Hagi, Yamaguchi

Hagi, Yamaguchi

is a cities of Japan located in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan and was incorporated as a city on July 1, 1932. Formerly part of Abu District, Yamaguchi....
. The newer fief, Mori han consisted in two provinces: Nagato province

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....
. Derived from the former, Mori han was referred often Choshu han.

After Meiji Restoration

Meiji Restoration

The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure....
the system of han and daimyo was abolished. Mori was titled as duke

Duke

A duke is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy or a dukedom. The title comes from the Latin language Dux Bellorum, which had the sense of "military commander" and was employed by both the Germanic peoples themselves and by the Ancient Rome authors covering them to r...
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