Takamoto Mori

Japanese: 毛利隆元 - もうり・たかもと

Year of death: August 4, 1563 (August 22, 1563)
Year of birth: 1523
A military commander in the Sengoku period. His father was Motonari, and his mother was the daughter of Yoshikawa Kunitsune. He was known as Shoyu Taro, Bitchu no Kami, and Daizen no Daifu. He spent several years as a hostage in Yamaguchi as a boy, and was given one character of his given name by Ouchi Yoshitaka, and was called Takamoto. Even after he inherited the family headship, he continued to be under his father's guardianship, and with the cooperation of his younger brothers, Yoshikawa Motoharu and Kobayakawa Takakage, he led the battles against the Sue, Amago, and Otomo clans. He controlled the western half of the Chugoku region, and was also appointed as the shugo of Aki, Bingo, Bitchu, Suo, and Nagato, but died suddenly in Sasabe, Aki Province (Takamiya Town, Hiroshima Prefecture) in 1563. He was a humble person, unusual for a Sengoku daimyo, and lamented that the son of a great commander would be born unlucky, and Motonari, who lived in a turbulent time, loved his son Takamoto despite his concerns. <References> "The Story of Lord Mori Motonari" compiled by the Sankyoden Compilation Office

(Nobutaka Akiyama)

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Japanese:

没年：永禄6.8.4(1563.8.22)
生年：大永3(1523)
戦国時代の武将。父は元就,母は吉川国経の娘。少輔太郎,備中守,大膳大夫。少年のころ数年間を人質として山口で過ごし,大内義隆から諱の1字を与えられて隆元と称した。家督を継いだのちも父の後見を受け,弟の吉川元春・小早川隆景の協力も得て陶・尼子・大友氏との戦いを指揮した。中国地方の西半分を支配下に収め,安芸・備後・備中・周防・長門の守護にも補任されたが,永禄6(1563)年安芸国佐々部(広島県高宮町)で急死した。名将の子には不運の者が生まれると嘆くなど,戦国大名らしからぬ謙虚な人柄で,乱世の雄元就は懸念を抱きつつそんな子隆元を愛したのである。<参考文献>三卿伝編纂所編『毛利元就卿伝』

(秋山伸隆)

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