The Origin of the Mōri Clan Name.
A Sengoku daimyō and early modern daimyō. Their ancestor was Suemitsu, son of Ōe no Hiromoto, who resided in Mōri Manor in Sagami Province and adopted the Mōri name. In 1270, Tokichika inherited the position of jitō (land steward) of Yoshida Manor in Aki Province from his father, Tsunehisa (son of Suemitsu). Thereafter, the clan expanded its influence as a provincial lord. By the time of Motonari, they had grown into a Sengoku daimyo dominating the Chugoku region. Motonari’s grandson Terumoto served Toyotomi Hideyoshi, holding 1.12 million koku. After siding with the Western Army at the Battle of Sekigahara, his fief was reduced to Suo and Nagato provinces totaling 369,000 koku. Subsequently, they served as lords of Hagi Domain until the Meiji era.
Explanation of this Mōri calligraphy
La riga superiore è in hiragana, la riga centrale in kanji e la riga inferiore in katakana, tutte scritte orizzontalmente.
Classifica dei cognomi nippo-americani (indagine dell'Ufficio del Censimento degli Stati Uniti, 1990)
This ranks 19th in the Japanese American surname rankings.
It is combined with the Mori(森) surname due to identical spelling.
| Cognome | Kanji | Supplemento | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanaka |  |
4° in Giappone |
| 2 | Yamamoto |   |
8° in Giappone |
| 3 | Nakamura |   ・・・ |
7° in Giappone |
| 4 | Watanabe |   ・・・ |
6° in Giappone |
| 5 | Sato |  |
Primo in Giappone |
| 6 | Yamada |  |
12° in Giappone |
| 7 | Kimura |  (scritto in verticale) |
17° in Giappone |
| 8 | Suzuki |   (scritto in verticale) |
Secondo in Giappone |
| 9 | Kato |  |
10° in Giappone |
| 10 | Yoshida |  |
11° in Giappone |
| 11 | Takahashi |  |
3° in Giappone |
| 12 | Higa |  |
Primo posto a Okinawa , in Giappone. |
| 13 | Kobayashi |  |
9° in Giappone |
| 14 | Nakano |   ・・・ |
46° in Giappone |
| 15 | Hayashi |  |
20° posto in Giappone |
| 16 | Hashimoto |  |
24° in Giappone |
| 17 | Saito |   ・・・ |
19° in Giappone |
| 18 | Sasaki |  |
13° in Giappone |
| 19 | Mori |   ・・・ |
22° in Giappone |
| 20 | Matsumoto |  (scritto in verticale)  |
15° in Giappone |
