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Mori Motonari turned an entire mountain into a castle, and ruled from its summit until the day he died.
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Mori Motonari
毛利元就
A warlord who rose from local lord of Yoshida in Aki Province to dominate much of western Honshu. He expanded his home castle, Koriyama, over an entire mountain.
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He became head of the Mori in 1523 and moved into Honjo at the foot of Mount Koriyama. After handing leadership to his eldest son Takamoto, he moved up to the summit and governed from there until his death in 1571 at 75.
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Sources
- 1郡山城跡見どころ紹介(安芸高田市歴史民俗博物館)Checked:
- 2毛利氏関係史跡(安芸高田市歴史民俗博物館)Checked: