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The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a family of daimyō descended from Ōe no Hiromoto and established themselves in Aki Province. Their name was derived from a shōen in Mōri Aikō District Sagami Province. The generation of Hiromoto began to name themselves Mōri.After the Jōkyū War Mōri was appointed to the jitō office of a shoen in Aki Province. During the Kamakura period Mōri was one of prominent Gokenin family due to the fame of their ancestor Hiromoto.
