Mōri Hidenari

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Mōri Hidenari (毛利秀就, Mōri Hidenari^?) (November 19, 1595-February 24, 1651) was a Japanese daimyo throughout the early Edo Period of Feudal Japan. Being the eldest son to the head of Mori--Terumoto--Hidenari initially succeeded his father at some general time following their clan's relative humiliation at the 1600 Sekigahara Campaign, where Hidenari obtained the position of daimyo and sought to redeem his clan's newly wounded reputation, specifically being designated to Hagi castle of Noto Province as his domain and base of power. Following initial service during the 1615 Osaka Summer Campaign, Hidenari respectively gained a very firm relation with the Tokugawa, and at length was effectively able to marry a daughter of Hidetada, the present shogun over the Tokugawa Shogunate. As the Mori family line was ensured after Hidenari and his newly found wife bore themselves daughters, one of their children would be become married to a certain court noble by the name of Takatsukasa Fusasuke. It is not known if Hidenari supported the shogunate during the later Christian Shimabara Rebellion, but it can be easily surmiseable that such a mutual service was indeed performed, which strengthened Hidenari's reputation and ultimately paved for himself a prestigious pathway of repute before his passing in 1651.