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was a prominent daimyō in the west Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. ==Early years== Mōri Motonari was born under the name Shōjumaru in a small domain of Aki province in 1497. He is said to have been born at Suzuo Castle, his mother's homeland. His father, Mōri Hiromoto retired as the head of the clan in 1500, and moved to Tajihi-Sarugake Castle along with his son Shōjumaru. As titular head of the clan, Hiromoto was succeeded by his elder son Mōri Okimoto. History remember the young Mori Shojumaru as a fearless daredevil. It is said he escaped by night with some other kids from the castle of his father, and met lord Amago Tsunehisa and his troops. Shojumaru thought they were the ghosts of the Heike clan samurai, and so tried to become famous with ghost hunt, a kind of practice favoured for the education of the youth of Buke families. And so, Shojumaru came openly to challenge the mounted warrior who looked to him as the general. It was Amago Tsunehisa. The other children were trembling in fear, but not Shojumaru. The young lord shot an arrow toward the veteran lord. Tsunehisa swiftly caught it with his bare hand. Impress by the bravery of his young nemesis, Tsunehisa spared the lads, looking forward to battle against an adult Motonari. In 1506, Hiromoto died of alcohol abuse. Shōjumaru remained at Sarugake, but was troubled by another clan member of the Inoue family, who was aggressively seizing land. In 1511, Shōjumaru officially became an adult, or genpuku, and was renamed Motonari. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mōri Motonari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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