POLITICIAN

Mōri Motonari

1497 - 1571

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Mōri Motonari (毛利 元就, April 16, 1497 – July 6, 1571) was a prominent daimyō (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto (大江広元), an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Motonari was called the "Beggar Prince". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mōri Motonari has received more than 396,858 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Mōri Motonari is the 4,425th most popular politician (down from 4,366th in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from Japan (down from 241st in 2019) and the 107th most popular Japanese Politician.

Mōri Motonari is most famous for the Battle of Sekigahara, which was the decisive battle in the power struggle between two major factions in Japan, the Toyotomi and the Tokugawa.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mōri Motonari ranks 4,425 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Monmu, Marino Faliero, Khabul Khan, Imran Khan, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, and Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. After him are Margot Honecker, Takelot II, Euphronios, Æthelberht, King of Wessex, Cylon of Athens, and Jeremi Wiśniowiecki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1497, Mōri Motonari ranks 6. Before him are Hans Holbein the Younger, Philip Melanchthon, Beyhan Sultan, Pedro de Valdivia, and Emperor Go-Nara. After him are Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francesco Canova da Milano, Jean Fernel, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1571, Mōri Motonari ranks 6. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini, Niccolò dell'Abbate, John Sigismund Zápolya, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him are Titu Cusi, Marco Antonio Bragadin, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Marfa Sobakina, and Müezzinzade Ali Pasha.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mōri Motonari ranks 269 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Ingyō (376), Suzuki Harunobu (1725), Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Emperor Toba (1103), and Emperor Monmu (683). After him are Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Empress Shōken (1849), Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), and Emperor Seinei (444).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Mōri Motonari ranks 107. Before him are Emperor Senka (467), Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), Kōki Hirota (1878), Emperor Ingyō (376), Emperor Toba (1103), and Emperor Monmu (683). After him are Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288), Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), Emperor Seinei (444), Inejiro Asanuma (1898), Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), and Tomiichi Murayama (1924).

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