Mōri Toyomoto

Mōri Toyomoto (毛利豊元, 1444–1476) was a '' Jizamurai'' of the province of Aki, and father of Mōri Hiromoto. He is known as the grandfather of the

Mōri Motonari 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 w ...

. In 1461–1462, Toyomoto defeated

Hatakeyama Yoshinari was a Japanese samurai and feudal lord (''daimyō'') of the Muromachi period (early 15th century), who is most known for his rivalry with Hatakeyama Masanaga over the position of Kanrei, or Shōgun's Deputy. This rivalry grew out of the larger ...

's army in Kawachi and Kii. During the year of 1465, Toyomoto then sent troops to assist Kobayakawa Hirohira when

Ōuchi Masahiro was a member of the Ōuchi clan and general in the Ōnin War, serving Yamana Sōzen. He battled numerous times with Yamana's rival, Hosokawa Katsumoto, at one point commanding 20,000 men and 2,000 boats, moving his troops by land as well as by s ...

invaded his holdings. During the fall of the same year, Ōuchi made an interventional against the current war between the Hosokawa and

Kōno Kōno, Kono or Kouno (written: 河野, 幸野, 高野 or 甲野) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Kōno Bairei (1844–1895), Japanese painter, book illustrator and art teacher *Kōno Hironaka (1849–1923), Japanese ...

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 The , also known as the Upheaval of Ōnin and Ōnin-Bunmei war, was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan. ''Ōnin'' refers to the Japanese era during which the war started; the war ended during the Bunmei ...

to then establish himself under

, and pledging his allegiance to the Ōuchi clan. 1444 births 1476 deaths Mōri clan {{daimyo-stub