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Mōri Terumoto

1533 - 1625

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Mōri Terumoto (毛利 輝元, January 22, 1553 – June 2, 1625) was a Japanese daimyō. The son of Mōri Takamoto, and grandson and successor of the great warlord Mōri Motonari, he fought against Oda Nobunaga but was eventually overcome. He participated in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Korean Campaign (1592) and built Hiroshima Castle, thus essentially founding Hiroshima. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mōri Terumoto is the 6,201st most popular politician (down from 5,944th in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Japan (down from 423rd in 2019) and the 168th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mōri Terumoto ranks 6,201 out of 19,576. Before him are Æthelberht of Kent, Rahmon Nabiyev, Zénaïde Bonaparte, Petro Doroshenko, Psammuthes, and Artabanus I of Parthia. After him are Francesc Macià, John Garang, Recceswinth, Olena Zelenska, Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, and Mikhail Fradkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Mōri Terumoto ranks 13. Before him are Ismail II, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Andrea Gabrieli, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Abdullah Khan II. After him are Claudio Merulo, Hieronymus Fabricius, Alonso de Ercilla, Antonio Possevino, Joachim Beuckelaer, and Cornelis Cort. Among people deceased in 1625, Mōri Terumoto ranks 13. Before him are Willem Schouten, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Giambattista Marino, Duchess Anna of Prussia, and Honoré d'Urfé. After him are Orlando Gibbons, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, John Fletcher, Anna Vasa of Sweden, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, and Enno III, Count of East Frisia.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mōri Terumoto ranks 499 out of 6,245. Before him are Hisaichi Terauchi (1879), Masafumi Hara (1943), Tsuguharu Foujita (1886), Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kunisada (1786), and Takeo Takahashi (1947). After him are Saitō Hajime (1844), Seki Takakazu (1642), Eisai (1141), Kenzō Takada (1939), Fusajiro Yamauchi (1859), and Emperor Go-Reizei (1025).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Mōri Terumoto ranks 168. Before him are Emperor Hanazono (1297), Hōjō Masako (1156), Kondō Isami (1834), Emperor Daigo (885), Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009), and Tokugawa Iesada (1824). After him are Emperor Go-Reizei (1025), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Takeo Fukuda (1905), Kiichi Miyazawa (1919), Emperor Jomei (593), and Kantarō Suzuki (1868).

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