who was daimyo mouri motonari
MÅri Motonari was a prominent daimyÅ in the western ChÅ«goku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The MÅri clan claimed descent from Åe no Hiromoto, an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Motonari is known as a great strategist who began as a small local warlord of Aki Province who extended his clan's power to nearly all of the ChÅ«goku region through war, marriage, adoption and assassination. Sandwiched between the powerful Amago and Åuchi clans, Motonari led the ...