Mōri clan

The Mōri clan was a group of Japanese samurai that originated from Ōe no Hiromoto, who was a descendant of the Fujiwara clan. One of their most famous members, Mōri Motonari, greatly increased the clan's influence in Aki Province. During the Edo period, Motonari's descendants became daimyō (feudal lords) of the Chōshū Domain under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. However, after the Meiji Restoration, which abolished the han system and daimyō, the Mōri clan became part of the new nobility.^[1]

Mōri clan 毛利氏
Mōri clan (mon)
Home province	Sagami Aki
Parent house	Imperial House of Japan Ōe clan (大江氏)
Titles	various
Founder	Mōri Suemitsu (毛利季光)
Final ruler	Mōri Takachika (毛利敬親)
Current head	Mōri Motoyoshi (毛利元敬)
Founding year	13th century (first half)
Dissolution	still extant
Ruled until	1868, after the Boshin War and during the (Meiji Restoration), Mōri Takachika is the first daimyō to hand over his lands to Emperor Meiji.

Related pages

• Ōe no Hiromoto
• Sagami Province
• Aki Province
• Hiroshima Domain
• Hiroshima Castle
• Chōshū Domain
• Ōuchi clan
• Amago clan
• Kobayakawa clan
• Kikkawa clan
• Hayashi Narinaga