was a
samurai during the
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first ''shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle betwee ...
and a ''
gokenin'' of the
Kamakura shogunate. He was the fourth son of
Mōri Suemitsu
was a samurai during the Kamakura period and a ''gokenin'' of the Kamakura shogunate. He was the fourth son of Ōe no Hiromoto. He was the founder of the Mōri clan.
He served three generations of the army of Minamoto no Sanetomo at Tsurugao ...
, the founder of the
Mōri clan.
After his father committed
seppuku
, sometimes referred to as hara-kiri (, , a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honour but was also practised by other Japanese people ...
from his defeat in battle, Tsunemitsu survived. He was allowed to retain the family's position of
jitō of the estates of Sahashi in
Echigo and Yoshida in
Aki, the combined value of which, as recorded in the fourteenth century, was 3,000 kanmon per year.
See also
*
Mōri clan
*
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 ...
*
Miura clan
*
Minamoto no Yoritomo
*
Minamoto no Sanetomo
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