(16 November 1844-2 January 1920). Father of Morihei UESHIBA, founder of aikido. Prosperous landowner who engaged in fishing and lumber trades. Member of TANABE and Nishinotani village councils from 1892-1910. Visited...
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Josh GoldTakemori Ueshiba 植芝武盛
(1917-1920). B. Hokkaido as the first son of Morihei UESHIBA. Died in childhood in AYABE.
Sakuko Ueshiba 植芝さくこ
(1926-2014). Née Habutsu. Wife of second DOSHU Kisshomaru UESHIBA and mother of Yoshiteru and Moriteru UESHIBA.
Moriteru Ueshiba 植芝守央
(b. 2 April 1951). B. Tokyo. Graduate of Meiji University in Economics. Second son of Kisshomaru UESHIBA, grandson of Morihei UESHIBA and third heir to aikido. Instructor at the National Diet, KDD Telephone Co., NHK and...
Morihei Ueshiba 植芝盛平
(14 December 1883-26 April 1969). Also, Tsunemori and Moritaka. Son of Yoroku and Yuki UESHIBA. Founder of aikido. B. TANABE in Kii Province (present-day Wakayama Prefecture). Ueshiba is known to have studied the...
Kuniharu Ueshiba 植芝国治
(1920-1920). B. AYABE as the second son of Morihei UESHIBA. Died in infancy