Takata

Takata lies in the inland hills of Aki, where the Mōri family made Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle their stronghold. The family had established itself as stewards of the Yoshida estate during the wars of the Northern and Southern Courts. Under Mōri Motonari the mountain fortress expanded across Kōriyama. In 1540 the Amago sent an army against it, but Motonari held out, and the defence helped secure the Mōri rise to power in western Japan.