Kobayakawa Takakage
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Kobayakawa Takakage was a samurai and daimyō during the Sengoku period and Azuchi–Momoyama period. He was the third son of Mōri Motonari who was adopted by the Kobayakawa clan and became its 14th clan
Kobayakawa Takakage
The site of the ruined Moji castle
Hakata Bay, where Dōsetsu fought the Mōri clan army at the Battle of Tatarahama
Siege of Takamatsu Castle
Mōri Motonari
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Mōri Motonari was a prominent daimyō in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto, an adviser to Minamoto no
Kobayakawa Takakage
…隆景; 1533 – July 26, 1597) was a samurai and daimyō (feudal military lord) during the Sengoku period and Azuchi–Momoyama period. He was the third son of Mōri Motonari who was adopted by the Kobayakawa clan and became its 14th clan head. He merged the two branches of the Kobayakawa, the Takehara-Kobayakawa clan (竹原小早川氏…
Mori Motonari
Mōri Motonari's battle standard, housed at the Mōri Museum (毛利博物館蔵)
Full portrait of Motonari
Scroll depicting the invasion by Mōri forces (c. 1855)