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Born [[December 14|December 14th]], [[1883]], in [[Wakayama Prefecture]] (now [[Tanabe]]), [[Japan]]. Died [[April 26|April 26th]], [[1969]].

Morihei Ueshiba's Art of [[Aikido]] is heavily influenced by his study of [[Daito Ryu|Daito-ryu Aiki-jutsu]] which he was instructed in by [[Takeda Sokaku]]. On the spiritual side he was influenced by [[Deguchi Onisaburo]], founder of the pacifistic [[Omoto-kyo]] sect. In [[1927]] master Ueshiba moved to [[Tokyo]] where he founded his first [[dojo]], which still exists today under the name [[Hombu Dojo]]. In [[1942]] he left [[Tokyo]] and moved to the prefecture of [[Iwama]] where the term [[Aikido]] was first used as a name for his art. In [[1946]] [[Morihiro Saito]] began studying under O-Sensei in [[Iwama]] which he did until Ueshiba’s passing in 1969. In [[1959]] [[Itsuo Tsuda]] also began studying under O-Sensei.

His son [[Kisshomaru Ueshiba]] became the second [[Aikido Doshu|Doshu]], the official heir and maintainer of Aikido, until his death in [[January 4|January 4th]], [[1999]]; the current [[Aikido Doshu|Doshu]] is [[Kisshomaru Ueshiba]]'s son [[Moriteru Ueshiba]].