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* ''Birth: [[1507]]
* ''Death: [[1551]]
* ''Titles: Suo no suke, Iyo no suke
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Suo province|Suo]] and [[Nagato province|Nagato]]
* ''Sons: Yoshihiro (1545-1551)
Yoshitaka was the eldest son of [[Ouchi Yoshioki|Ôuchi Yoshioki]] and his mother was the daughter of [[Naito Hironori|Naitô Hironori]]. He became [[daimyo|daimyô]] following the death of his father in [[1528]] and worked to solidify [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] influence over northern Kyushu during the 1530's. He also moved to cement his family's domination of the overseas trade, and it was partially to this end that he entertained [[Francis Xavier]] in [[1550]] (two years after the end of the 'official' China trade). He sent [[Sue Harukata]] to lift the [[Amako clan|Amako's]] [[siege of Koriyama]] in [[1540]], and personally led an army into the Amako domain in [[1542]]. This campaign foundered at the walls of Gassan-Toda Castle and ended in a bitter defeat for the Ôuchi and their allies the [[Mori clan|Môri]]. This reverse prompted Yoshitaka to largely withdraw from military affairs, leaving them in the hands of the Naitô and Sue. He devoted himself instead to cultural pursuits and further spared little expense to turn Yamaguchi into a 'western' Kyoto. His retainers grew dissatisfied with his activities and in 1551 Sue Takafusa (Harukata) rebelled, forcing Yoshitaka to flee to a temple in Nagato, where, abandoned by most of his retainers, he committed suicide along with his young son Yoshihiro.
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1551]]
* ''Titles: Suo no suke, Iyo no suke
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Suo province|Suo]] and [[Nagato province|Nagato]]
* ''Sons: Yoshihiro (1545-1551)
Yoshitaka was the eldest son of [[Ouchi Yoshioki|Ôuchi Yoshioki]] and his mother was the daughter of [[Naito Hironori|Naitô Hironori]]. He became [[daimyo|daimyô]] following the death of his father in [[1528]] and worked to solidify [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] influence over northern Kyushu during the 1530's. He also moved to cement his family's domination of the overseas trade, and it was partially to this end that he entertained [[Francis Xavier]] in [[1550]] (two years after the end of the 'official' China trade). He sent [[Sue Harukata]] to lift the [[Amako clan|Amako's]] [[siege of Koriyama]] in [[1540]], and personally led an army into the Amako domain in [[1542]]. This campaign foundered at the walls of Gassan-Toda Castle and ended in a bitter defeat for the Ôuchi and their allies the [[Mori clan|Môri]]. This reverse prompted Yoshitaka to largely withdraw from military affairs, leaving them in the hands of the Naitô and Sue. He devoted himself instead to cultural pursuits and further spared little expense to turn Yamaguchi into a 'western' Kyoto. His retainers grew dissatisfied with his activities and in 1551 Sue Takafusa (Harukata) rebelled, forcing Yoshitaka to flee to a temple in Nagato, where, abandoned by most of his retainers, he committed suicide along with his young son Yoshihiro.
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]