Prince to 1947) Motoyoshi, 31st family head (1930– ; 31st family head 1976–) Motoei (born 1967) Motokiyo (1551–1597) Hidemoto, 1st Lord of Chōfū (1579–1650) Mitsuhiro, 2nd Lord of Chōfū (1616–1653) Tsunamoto, 3rd Lord of Chōfū (1650–1709) VI. Yoshimoto, 6th Lord of Chōshū (1677–1731; r. 1707–1731) VII. Munehiro, 7th Lord of Chōshū (1715–1751; r. 1731–1751) Mototomo, 1st Lord of Kiyosue (1631–1683) Masahiro, 6th Lord of Chōfū, 2nd Lord of Kiyosue (1675–1729) VIII. Shigetaka, 8th Lord of Chōshū (1725–1789; r. 1751–1782) IX. Haruchika, 9th Lord of Chōshū (1754–1791; r. 1782–1791) X. Narifusa, 10th Lord of Chōshū (1779–1809; r. 1791–1809) XI. Narihiro, 11th Lord of Chōshū (1784–1836; r. 1809–1824) XIII. Naritō, 13th Lord of Chōshū (1815–1836; r. 1836). Chikaaki (1766–1800) XII. Narimoto, 12th Lord of Chōshū (1794–1836; r. 1824–1836) XIV. Takachika, 14th Lord of Chōshū (1819–1871; r. 1836–1869) Famous people Middle Edo period Murata Seifū (1783–1855), conducted the Tempō reforms in Chōshū Bakumatsu period Yoshida Shōin (1830–1859), educator and teacher of many reformers Takasugi Shinsaku (1839–1867), significant contributor to Meiji Restoration, founder of the Kiheitai Kijima Matabei (1817–1864), swordsman, took part in the Kinmon Incident Kunishi Shinano (1842–1864), committed seppuku to take responsibility for the Kinmon Incident Kido Takayoshi (Kido Kōin) (1833–1877), Bakumatsu reformer, one of Three Great Nobles of the Restoration Meiji statesmen Chōshū Five Itō Shunsuke, later Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), first Prime Minister of Japan Inoue Monta, later Inoue Kaoru (1836–1915), Meiji statesman Yamao Yōzō (1837–1917), later studied engineering at the Andersonian Institute, Glasgow, 1866–68, Meiji statesman Endō Kinsuke (1836–1893), Meiji statesman Nomura Yakichi, later Inoue Masaru (1843–1910), "father of the Japanese railways" Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922), prime minister and field marshal of the Imperial Japanese Army Yamagata Isaburō (1858–1927), nephew of Yamagata Aritomo, Minister of Communications, and first Japanese Inspector-General of Korea. Katsura Tarō (1848–1913), general in the Imperial Japanese Army and three-time prime minister of Japan Terauchi Masatake (1852–1919), Field Marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and 18th prime minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi (1864–1929), general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 26th prime minister of Japan Aoki Shūzō (1844–1914), diplomat and Foreign Minister in Meiji Japan Shinagawa Yajirō (1843–1900), Home Minister in early Meiji Japan Sone Arasuke (1849–1910), politician, diplomat, cabinet minister, and second Japanese Resident-General of Korea. Imperial Japanese Army personnel Ōmura Masujirō (1824–1869), "Father of the modern Japanese Army" Ōshima Yoshimasa (1850–1926), general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino-Japanese War Nogi Maresuke (1849–1912), general