Letter by Mouri Motonari
- Person
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作者毛利元就
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制作年 AD16
- Title
- モウリモトナリヒツショジョウ
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001702-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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- Handwriting Font Rectangle Wood Art
Mouri Motonari (1497-1571) was Lord of Koriyama Castle in Aki Province (today’s Hiroshima Prefecture). First, he was a vassal of Ouchi Yoshitaka (1507-51) and, in his name, defeated Amako Haruhisa (1514-61) and took over his Koriyama Castle in 1540. After Ouchi Yoshitaka was later destroyed, Motonari defeated his master’s nemesis, Sue Harukata, in Itsukushima. Three years later, he defeated Ouchi Yoshinaga and brought peace to the Suho and Nagato areas (in today’s Yamaguchi Prefecture). Thereafter, his vigorous campaigns took him to Bingo (Hiroshima Prefecture), Bicchu (Okayama Prefecture), and Iwami (Shimane Prefecture), areas which he won control of one after another. In 1566, he delivered the final blow to the Amako family, then ruling Tomita Castle at Izumo, and became the powerful ruler of as many as ten areas in western Japan.This letter is addressed to Motonari’s second son, Kikkawa Motoharu (1530-86), who had been adopted by Kikkawa Okitsune (1508-50) in 1547 and became the clan head three years later. This letter is actually a reply to the messenger that Motoharu had sent to his biological father. Motonari writes that Nakahara-somobody’s movements will be reported in great detail by one of his men.For a warlord, Motonari excelled in literary pursuits and was also an achieved calligrapher. Presumably, this letter was written between 1533 and 1559, when Motonari was 37 and 63 respectively. During this time, Motoharu closely served Motonari.
中原来候対面候彼者進退之事山弥ニて委細可申候／＼恐々謹言九月廿三日元就（花押）［封］右馬治部少輔殿返報元就
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