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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 348,616 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Mōri Motonari is the 4,377th most popular politician (down from 4,225th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 252nd in 2019) and the 91st 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 4,377 out of 15,577Before him are Rafael del Riego, Miguel López de Legazpi, Diodotus Tryphon, Iry-Hor, Boris II of Bulgaria, and Zakir Husain. After him are Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prince Rahotep, Elena Glinskaya, Barham Salih, Frederick the Simple, and Gustav Noske.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1497, Mōri Motonari ranks 6Before 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, Jean Fernel, Francesco Canova da Milano, and Stephen Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1571, Mōri Motonari ranks 6Before him are Benvenuto Cellini, John Sigismund Zápolya, Niccolò dell'Abbate, Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. After him are Titu Cusi, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Marfa Sobakina, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, and Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mōri Motonari ranks 243 out of 6,048Before him are Osamu Shimomura (1928), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), Nobuyoshi Araki (1940), and Shintaro Ishihara (1932). After him are Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Prince Yasuhiko Asaka (1887), Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Masaru Ibuka (1908), and Hōjō Tokimune (1251).

Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Mōri Motonari ranks 91Before him are Ōkubo Toshimichi (1830), Emperor Seinei (444), Issey Miyake (1938), Emperor Shōkō (1401), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), and Shintaro Ishihara (1932). After him are Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1464), Amakusa Shirō (1621), Hōjō Tokimune (1251), Emperor Sutoku (1119), and Emperor Shōmu (701).