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The Mochizuki of [[Shinano province]] claimed descent from the ancient [[Shigeno clan|Shigeno]] family and were once very powerful in Shinano. During the [[Muromachi Period]] their power ebbed and in the [[Sengoku Period]] they came under the control of [[Takeda Shingen]]. Shingen's nephew [[Takeda Nobumasa|Nobumasa]] was named as the head of the family, and when the latter's own son was killed in [[1582]] the Mochizuki's 600-year history essentially came to an end.