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The Môri of [[Aki province]] were descended from [[Oie Hiromoto|Ôie Hiromoto]], ([[1148]]-1225), a noted [[Minamoto clan]] retainer, and lived in [[Koriyama castle]] (Yoshida) in Aki province from 1336 until [[Mori Terumoto|Môri Terumoto]] moved to Hiroshima in [[1593]]. The family initially acted as jitô and experienced a power struggle in the 1470's that saw the main Môri line absorb both it's branch families in Aki. They supported the [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] during the [[Onin war|Ônin War]], although afterwards they often found themselves caught that clan and their rivals, the Amako. The Môri reached their height under the rule of Motonari, who absorbed both the Ôuchi (1557) and Amako (1566) domains and extended Môri holdings to Kyushu and influence throughout the Chugoku and were the backbone of the Kôno of [[Iyo province]] on [[Shikoku]]. Their expansion on Kyushu was checked by the growing power of the Ôtomo, with whom they clashed at various points between 1557-1565. They lent aid to the Ishiyama Honganji complex in [[Settsu province]], besieged by the [[Oda clan|Oda]], but under Terumoto faced the inexorable westward expansion of [[Oda Nobunaga]], whose retainer [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] was poised on the borders of the Môri’s inner domain when Nobunaga was killed in 1582. They then became loyal and valuable supporters of Hideyoshi and were the most powerful family in western Japan under his rule. In 1600 they sided, however relucatantly, with [[Ishida Mitsunari]] and afterwards saw their domain and influence considerably reduced. Nonetheless, they remained a political force throughout the [[Edo Period]].


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|<font color="#FFFFFF">Generals of the Môri clan during the Sengoku Period
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* [[Mori Motonari|Môri Motonari]]
* [[Mori Takamoto|Môri Takamoto]]
* [[Mori Terumoto|Môri Terumoto]]
* [[Kikkawa Motoharu]]
* [[Kobayakawa Takakage]]
* [[Mori Motokiyo|Môri Motokiyo]]
* [[Mori Motoaki|Môri Motoaki]]
* [[Kobayakawa Hidekane]]
* [[Kikkawa Hiroie]]
* [[Mori Hidemoto|Môri Hidemoto]]
* [[Akagawa Motoyasu]]
* [[Amano Takashige]]
* [[Ankokuji Ekei]]
* [[Fukubara Hirotoshi]]
* [[Honjo Tsunemitsu|Honjô Tsunemitsu]]
* [[Iida Motochika]]
* [[Inoue Motokane]]
* [[Katsura Motozumi]]
* [[Kodama Naritada]]
* [[Kuchiba Michiyoshi]]
* [[Kumagai Nobunao]]
* [[Kunishi Motosuke]]
* [[Murakami Takayoshi]]
* [[Shiji Hiroyoshi]]
* [[Shishido Takaie]]
* [[Wachi Masaharu]]
* [[Watanabe Hajime]]
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