Mori clan (Genji)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Mōri clan of Aki Province, see Mōri clan.
In this Japanese name, the surname is Mori.
Mori clan
森氏
Japanese crest Turu no maru(White background).svg
Mon: Tsuru-no-maru (鶴の丸)
Home provinceSagami Province, Aikō District
Parent houseSeiwa Genji (Minamoto no Yoshiie)
FounderMori Yorisada

The Mori clan (森氏, Mori-shi) was a family of Japanese people descended from the Seiwa Genji. Their line descended from Minamoto no Yoshiie (also known as Hachimantaro) through his seventh son, , proprietor of Mōri-no-shō in Sagami Province. His son, , took Mori as his surname when he retired, and Yoritaka's son continued to use the surname.

During the Sengoku period, the Mori served under Oda Nobunaga. Mori Yoshinari fought with Nobunaga for Kiyosu Castle, and with his son joined the campaigns against the Saitō, Azai, and Asakura. Father and son died in the battle against the Azai-Asakura armies, and Mori Nagayoshi, second son of Yoshinari, became head of the house.

Yoshinari's son Nagasada, known as Mori Ranmaru, died with Nobunaga in the Incident at Honnō-ji.

The family became daimyōs under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and for five generations headed the Tsuyama Domain in Mimasaka Province as tozama daimyō. Nagayoshi had lost his life in the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute. Their descendants became viscounts in the Meiji peerage.

Sources[]

This article is based on 森氏 (Mori-shi) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on November 28, 2007.

Retrieved from ""