Mōri clan
| Mōri clan 毛利氏 | |
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.svg){kind=spacer} Mōri clan (mon)
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| Home province | Sagami Aki |
| Parent house |  Imperial House of Japan Ōe clan (大江氏)
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| Titles | various |
| Founder | Mōri Suemitsu (毛利季光) |
| Final ruler | Mōri Takachika (毛利敬親) |
| Current head | Mōri Motoyoshi (毛利元敬) |
| Founding year | 13th century (first half) |
| Dissolution | still extant |
| Ruled until | 1868, after the Boshin War and during the (Meiji Restoration), Mōri Takachika is the first daimyō to hand over his lands to Emperor Meiji. |
The Mōri clan was a group of Japanese samurai that originated from Ōe no Hiromoto, who was a descendant of the Fujiwara clan. One of their most famous members, Mōri Motonari, greatly increased the clan's influence in Aki Province. During the Edo period, Motonari's descendants became daimyō (feudal lords) of the Chōshū Domain under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. However, after the Meiji Restoration, which abolished the han system and daimyō, the Mōri clan became part of the new nobility.[1]
Related pages
[change | change source]- Ōe no Hiromoto
- Sagami Province
- Aki Province
- Hiroshima Domain
- Hiroshima Castle
- Chōshū Domain
- Ōuchi clan
- Amago clan
- Kobayakawa clan
- Kikkawa clan
- Hayashi Narinaga
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The Far East". University of Michigan. 6 (7). 1875.
This article incorporates text from OpenHistory.