Mōri Takamoto

was a daimyō (feudal lord) of Aki Province during Japan's Sengoku period. He was the eldest legitimate son of Mōri Motonari.

Biography Mōri Takamoto was born in the Tajihi-Sarugake Castle in 1523. Takamoto was sent to Suō Province as a hostage of Ōuchi Yoshitaka. The Mōri, defeating the Sue/Ōuchi forces, thus rose to power in the Chūgoku region,

At the advice or orders of his father, Takamoto seized the opportunity to attack the Ōuchi territory. He was leading the Mōri armies through Bingo Province, when on September 18, 1563, but he suddenly died at the age of 41. Takamoto, died of a sudden disease, though assassination by poison was suspected.

Around 1566, Takamoto's son Mōri Terumoto was selected as his heir, but Motonari continued to wield the true power of Mori clan.

Family Father: Mōri Motonari (1497–1571) Mother: Myōkyū (1499–1546) Siblings: An unnamed sister Lady Goryū, wife of Shishido Takaie (d. 1574) Kikkawa Motoharu (1530–1586) Kobayakawa Takakage (1533–1597) Half Siblings: Ninomiya Naritoki (1546–1607) Mōri Motokiyo (1551–1597) Mōri Motoaki (1552–1585) Izuha Mototomo (1555–1571) Amano Motomasa (1559–1609) Suetsugu Motoyasu (1560–1601) Kobayakawa Hidekane (1567–1601) Wife: Lady Ozaki, daughter of Naitō Okimori and adopted daughter of Ōuchi Yoshitaka (1527–1572) Children: Mōri Terumoto (1553–1625) Lady Tsuwano, first wife of Yoshimi Hiroyori