The adoption proceeded successfully, thanks to a niece of Motonari (a daughter of Okimoto MORI) who married Okikage, and Takakage became the head of the Takehara-Kobayakawa clan in 1544. |
元就の姪(毛利興元の娘)が興景の妻だった縁もありこの養子縁組は平和裏に進み、天文14年(1544年)に隆景は竹原小早川氏の当主となる。 |