00:00Mori Terumoto, a Japanese general, was the son of Mori Takamoto and a descendant of one of the greatest Japanese families.
00:06He fought against Toyotomi Hideyoshi but, ultimately defeated, he participated in numerous battles alongside the latter.
00:12He notably participated in the Kyushu campaign in 1587.
00:16He also built Hiroshima Castle.
00:19Terumoto is one of the members of the council of five elders along with Ukita Aidaïe, Maeda Toshii, Uesugi Keijukatsu and Tokugawa Yeyasu.
00:26However, he sided against Yeyasu Tokugawa at the Battle of Sekigahara, in which he did not participate.
00:32Defeated, he defended Hideyori Toyotomi during the siege of Osaka.
00:36Yeyasu Tokugawa annexed his lands, leaving him only the westernmost provinces, Nagato and Suo d
00:41'a total income of 369,000 kokus.
00:44Despite this, Terumoto Mori was an admirable and respectable general and he ruled his domains in an exemplary manner until his death.
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