Mōri Motonari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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a prominent daimyō in the west Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century
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Place of Birth: Aki Province, Japan
About Mōri Motonari
- Mori Motonari (?? ??, April 16, 1497 – July 6, 1571) was a prominent daimyo (feudal lord) in the western Chugoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.
- The Mori clan claimed descent from Oe no Hiromoto (????), an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo.
- Motonari is known as a great strategist who began as a small local warlord (jizamurai) of Aki Province who extended his clan's power to nearly all of the Chugoku region through war, marriage, adoption and assassination.
- Sandwiched between the powerful Amago and Ouchi clans, Motonari led the clan by carefully balancing actions and diplomacy.
- Eventually, Motonari succeeded in defeating both and controlled the entire Chugoku region.
- In his later years, he crushed the Otomo clan of Bungo Province in Kyushu.
- Motonari ruled from Yoshida-Koriyama Castle, the clan's main bastion since the early 14th century.
- His descendants became lords of the Choshu Domain.
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