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Mōri Motonari

1497 - 1571

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Mōri Motonari (毛利 元就; April 16, 1497 – July 6, 1571) was a prominent daimyō (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto (大江広元), an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Motonari was called the "Beggar Prince". He was known as a great strategist who began as a small local warlord (jizamurai) of Aki Province and extended his clan's power to nearly all of the Chūgoku region through war, marriage, adoption and assassination. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mōri Motonari is the 5,289th most popular politician (down from 4,425th in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from Japan (down from 269th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Japanese Politician.

Mōri Motonari is most famous for the Battle of Sekigahara, which was the decisive battle in the power struggle between two major factions in Japan, the Toyotomi and the Tokugawa.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mōri Motonari ranks 5,289 out of 19,576. Before him are Kenneth Clarke, Domitia Lepida the Younger, Loukas Notaras, Al-Adil II, Sahib I Giray, and Andronikos Palaiologos. After him are Ahmed Qurei, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Kim Tok-hun, and Bocchus I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1497, Mōri Motonari ranks 7. Before him are Philip Melanchthon, Hans Holbein the Younger, Pedro de Valdivia, Beyhan Sultan, Emperor Go-Nara, and Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Francesco Canova da Milano, Jean Fernel, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1571, Mōri Motonari ranks 6. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini, John Sigismund Zápolya, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Niccolò dell'Abbate, and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him are Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Titu Cusi, Marco Antonio Bragadin, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Hōjō Ujiyasu, and Marfa Sobakina.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mōri Motonari ranks 385 out of 6,245. Before him are Misao Tamai (1903), Izumo no Okuni (1572), Emperor Fushimi (1265), Toshio Miyaji (null), Yanosuke Watanabe (null), and Satoshi Ōmura (1935). After him are Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), Emperor Kōbun (648), Hidesaburō Ueno (1872), Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), Sakae Takahashi (null), and Emperor Sushun (520).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Mōri Motonari ranks 123. Before him are Kakuei Tanaka (1918), Emperor Tenmu (631), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Emperor Go-Horikawa (1212), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), and Emperor Fushimi (1265). After him are Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), Emperor Kōbun (648), Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), Emperor Sushun (520), Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535), and Yamato Takeru (72).

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