Office: | Head of Mōri clan |
Term Start: | 1506 |
Term End: | 1515 |
Predecessor: | Mōri Hiromoto |
Successor: | Mōri Kōmatsumaru |
Mōri Okimoto | |
Native Name: | 毛利 興元 |
Native Name Lang: | jpn 毛利興元 |
Birth Date: | 1492 |
Death Date: | September 21, 1515 (aged 24 or 25) |
Birth Place: | Aki |
Death Place: | Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle, Aki |
Allegiance: | Imperial House of Japan Ōuchi clan Mōri clan |
Relations: | Father: Mōri Hiromoto Mother: Fukubara Hirotoshi's daughter (福原広俊) Wife: Takahashi Hidemitsu's daughter (高橋久光) |
Rank: | jizamurai |
Unit: | Mōri clan |
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who ruled the Mōri clan. He was known for a distinctive green cape he wore over his armor, a gift from a Chinese envoy who had been shipwrecked in Tosa Province in 1509.[1] He was older brother of Mōri Motonari.