Siege of Moji
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| Siege of Moji | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period and Japanese–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
 The site of the ruined Moji castle | |||||||
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| Mōri clan |
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3 Portuguese ships 17 or 18 cannons | |||||||
The siege of Moji (門司城の戦い, Moji-jō no tatakai) was a siege in 1561 of the castle of Moji in Japan. The castle belonged to the Mōri clan, whose capital was the city of Yamaguchi.
The original castle was built by Ōuchi Yoshinaga (Sorin's younger brother), who was forced to kill himself in 1557 with the advance of Mōri forces. Mōri Motonari captured the fort in 1558. Otomo Sorin recaptured the castle in September 1559, but later the Mōri, led by Kobayakawa Takakage and Ura Munekatsu, quickly recaptured the castle.[1]
