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Mōri Motonari

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A prominent daimyō in the west Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century

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According to Wikipedia, Mōri Motonari was a prominent daimyō in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto , an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Motonari was called the "Beggar Prince". He was known as a great strategist who began as a small local warlord of Aki Province and extended his clan's power to nearly all of the Chūgoku region through war, marriage, adoption and assassination.

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