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Mōri Toyomoto

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Mōri Toyomoto
毛利 豊元
Head of Mōri clan
Personal details
Born1444
Aki Province
Died1476
Military service
Allegiance Ōuchi clan
RankJizamurai
Unit Mōri clan
Battles/warsŌnin War

Mōri Toyomoto (毛利 豊元, 1444–1476) was a Jizamurai of the province of Aki. He was an uncle of Mōri Motonari. During the Ōnin War, he supported the Ōuchi clan and seized 16 territories.[1]

In 1461–1462, Toyomoto defeated Hatakeyama Yoshinari's army in Kawachi and Kii.

During the year of 1465, Toyomoto then sent troops to assist Kobayakawa Hirohira when Ōuchi Masahiro invaded his holdings. During the fall of the same year, Ōuchi made an interventional against the current war between the Hosokawa and Kōno clans . At the request of the Ōuchi, Toyomoto then blocked the attack led by Masahiro.

Following the year of 1471, Toyotomo took advantage of the confusion generated by the Ōnin War to then establish himself under Ōuchi Masahiro, and pledging his allegiance to the Ōuchi clan.

References

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  1. ^ Kure, Mitsuo. Samurai: An Illustrated History. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-1490-6.