Shōjumaru thought they were the ghosts of the Heike clan samurai, and so tried to become famous with a ghost hunt, a practice favored for the education of the youth of buke families. It is said he escaped by night with some other children from his father's castle and met lord Amago Tsunehisa and his troops. History remembers the young Mōri Shōjumaru as a fearless daredevil. ![]() Okimoto then took over Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle, the main stronghold of the clan. He handed over the head position of the clan to his eldest son, Mōri Okimoto and moved to Tajihi-Sarugake Castle (多治比猿掛城) with his son Shōjumaru. In 1500, his father was involved in a power dispute with the Ashikaga shogunate and the Ōuchi clan and decided to retire. Today, there are stone monuments at the ruins of Suzuo Castle to commemorate the birthplace of Motonari at the castle. ![]() His birthplace is said to be Suzuo Castle (鈴尾城), the base of the Fukubara clan and his mother's home. His mother was a daughter of Fukubara Hirotoshi (福原広俊), but her name is unknown. He was the second son of his father, Mōri Hiromoto. Mōri Motonari was born on April 16, 1497, under the childhood name Shōjumaru (松寿丸) in a small domain of Aki Province. His descendants became lords of the Chōshū Domain. Motonari ruled from Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle, the clan's main bastion since the early 14th century. In his later years, he crushed the Ōtomo clan of Bungo Province in Kyūshū. Eventually, Motonari succeeded in defeating both and controlled the entire Chūgoku region. Sandwiched between the powerful Amago and Ōuchi clans, Motonari led his clan by carefully balancing actions and diplomacy. ![]() He was known as a great strategist who began as a small local warlord ( jizamurai) of Aki Province and extended his clan's power to nearly all of the Chūgoku region through war, marriage, adoption and assassination. Motonari was called the " Beggar Prince". The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto (大江広元), an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Mōri Motonari ( 毛利 元就, Ap– July 6, 1571) was a prominent daimyō (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.
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