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Murakami Takeyoshi of Noshima, father to the late Motoyoshi, died in [[1604]] at Yashirojima (aka Suô-Ôshima), which had been granted him years early by the Môri in return for his aid against the Ôuchi. Takeyoshi's successor, [[Murakami Mototake]], served the Môri in a prominent naval capacity, and the descendants of the Noshima Murakami continued to serve the Môri, as Chôshû domain ([[Hagi han]]) vassals, through the Edo period.
Murakami Takeyoshi of Noshima, father to the late Motoyoshi, died in [[1604]] at Yashirojima (aka Suô-Ôshima), which had been granted him years early by the Môri in return for his aid against the Ôuchi. Takeyoshi's successor, [[Murakami Mototake]], served the Môri in a prominent naval capacity, and the descendants of the Noshima Murakami continued to serve the Môri, as Chôshû domain ([[Hagi han]]) vassals, through the Edo period.
Meanwhile, other branches of the Murakami had employed Iwaishima and Nagashima (today parts of the town of [[Kaminoseki]]) in [[Suo province|Suô province]] (today, eastern [[Yamaguchi prefecture]]) as their base of operations, ensuring the security of the sea lanes, and charging customs and tolls on ships passing through the harbors, from a castle situated there. By 1600, the castle was gone, and these activities had ceased, but even after the Môri re-allocated the [[subinfeudation|sub-fiefs]] within their domain to bring more territory (including parts of Kaminoseki) more directly under Môri control, Murakami branch families continued to hold Iwaishima and parts of Nagashima as their own sub-fiefs.<ref>Martin Dusinberre, Hard Times in the Hometown: A History of Community Survival in Modern Japan, University of Hawaii Press (2012), 20.</ref>