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The combined Môri faction (to include Môri Terumoto, [[Mori Hidemoto|Môri Hidemoto]], and [[Kikkawa Hiroie]]) was the largest contingent in Ishida's army, but in the actual battle, it barely moved an inch. Sulking in Osaka Castle, Terumoto had been convinced by Kikkawa Hiroie that the best course of action now was to do nothing, indicating that both considered Ishida a lost cause - or at least one not worth fighting for. Kikkawa let this reach Ieyasu, who suggested that inaction would bring rewards if the Eastern Forces won. In the event, things worked out differently. Although Tokugawa had initially indicated that he would honor his unofficial understanding with Kikkawa, this seems to have been solely to coax Terumoto into surrendering the powerful Osaka Castle. Once the campaign had been wrapped up and Osaka Castle safely in Tokugawa hands, Ieyasu declared that it was the duty of a warrior to fight, especially the so-called 'commander-in-chief' of an army. Terumoto's lands were sorely reduced and in a move that might as well have been out of cruel humor, some were transferred to Kikkawa. In the end, Terumoto was left with estates worth 360,000 koku and his head. In what must have been a particularly bitter pill, he was forced to give up Aki - the Môri home for centuries. As for keeping one's head, the same could not be said of [[Ankokuji Ekei]], who was executed in Kyoto along with Ishida Mitsunari and [[Konishi Yukinaga]]. Terumoto, who had lost either control or influence of five provinces, went on to shave his head and became a monk, his career, it could be argued, shaken by a number of key errors in his judgment. His wisest decision as daimyô - to make peace with Hideyoshi - only delayed the inevitable for another 18 years.  

The combined Môri faction (to include Môri Terumoto, [[Mori Hidemoto|Môri Hidemoto]], and [[Kikkawa Hiroie]]) was the largest contingent in Ishida's army, but in the actual battle, it barely moved an inch. Sulking in Osaka Castle, Terumoto had been convinced by Kikkawa Hiroie that the best course of action now was to do nothing, indicating that both considered Ishida a lost cause - or at least one not worth fighting for. Kikkawa let this reach Ieyasu, who suggested that inaction would bring rewards if the Eastern Forces won. In the event, things worked out differently. Although Tokugawa had initially indicated that he would honor his unofficial understanding with Kikkawa, this seems to have been solely to coax Terumoto into surrendering the powerful Osaka Castle. Once the campaign had been wrapped up and Osaka Castle safely in Tokugawa hands, Ieyasu declared that it was the duty of a warrior to fight, especially the so-called 'commander-in-chief' of an army. Terumoto's lands were sorely reduced and in a move that might as well have been out of cruel humor, some were transferred to Kikkawa. In the end, Terumoto was left with estates worth 360,000 koku and his head. In what must have been a particularly bitter pill, he was forced to give up Aki - the Môri home for centuries. As for keeping one's head, the same could not be said of [[Ankokuji Ekei]], who was executed in Kyoto along with Ishida Mitsunari and [[Konishi Yukinaga]]. Terumoto, who had lost either control or influence of five provinces, went on to shave his head and became a monk, his career, it could be argued, shaken by a number of key errors in his judgment. His wisest decision as daimyô - to make peace with Hideyoshi - only delayed the inevitable for another 18 years.  

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