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Distant enough from their Shangese colonial neighbors to the south and deeply inbreed with the Mongolic natives, the Matsumori court established a unique cultural and ethnic identity. It was in this period that the {{wpl|Japanese language|Mututori language}} became distinct from the {{wpl|Chinese language|Daxian language}}. Their rule of the Kita-Hanto, (Eng: Northern Peninsula) was absolute. They established sedentary farming communities further and further east. By the 1160s they controlled the whole of the Kita-Hanto and had abolished the nomadic lifestyle.

The family structure was very expansionist focused. The father would pass on his farm to the oldest son and the son’s family would support his siblings and their families until the sisters had been married off and the brothers had taken expeditions and established their own farms on the edge of the territory. This meant that first son’s wives were primarily matchmakers for their sisters-in-law and passed on sagas of adventure to their brothers-in-law as well as being tasked with childrearing. Because each man still took multiple wives it was normal for Musutorine families to arrange first marriages for political or financial gains. The second marriage was normally still to a native woman and was considered an act of charity by introducing civility into the native bloodlines. The third wife was arranged between the man himself and the parents of the bride, often between Musutorine families and was again to secure political or financial gains but this time determined by the man himself and not his parents.

=====Toshimochi dynasty=====

Shogun Hatakeyyama Toshimochi from the Yokkanai province in the southeastern part of modern Oyashima, rebelled and captured much of modern day Oyashima in [[1204]] creating a separate empire. The Matsumori dynasty collapsed in on itself as princes fought for the thrown. By [[1238]], Toshimochi had crushed the armies of the Matsumori and laid claim to their territory.