Editing Module:Kōji (Muromachi period) (section)

==Events of the ''Kōji'' era==
* '''1555''' (''Kōji 1, 1st month''): A border war began between [[Mōri Motonari]], ''[[daimyō]]'' of [[Aki Province]], and [[Sue Harukata]], daimyō of [[Suō Province]].<ref name="t382">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP9&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran#PRA1-PA382,M1  p. 382.]</ref>
* '''1555''' (''Kōji 1, 11th month''): The Mōri forces surrounded the Sue defenders in the [[Battle of Itsukushima]]. When the outcome of the battle became clear, Sue Harutaka committed suicide; and others, including Odomo-no Yoshinaga, followed Harutaka in suicide. This victory, and the subsequent consolidation of the Mōri holdings were owing to Motonari's four sons: [[Mōri Takamoto]], [[Kikkawa Motoharu]], Hoda Motokiyo, and [[Kobayakawa Takakage]].<ref name="t382"/>
* '''1555''' (''Kōji 1''): The forces of [[Takeda Shingen]] and [[Uesugi Kenshin]] met at the confluence of the Saigawa and the Chikumagawa in [[Shinano Province]]; and the fighting was known as the [[Battles of Kawanakajima]].<ref>Sansom, George. (1961) ''A History of Japan, 1334–1615'', p. 246.</ref>
* '''1556''' (''Kōji 2''): The Ōmori silver mine fell into the control of the [[Mōri clan]] during a campaign in [[Iwami Province]].<ref>Sansom, p. 257.</ref>
* '''September 27, 1557''' (''Kōji 3, 5th day of the 9th month'')<!-- NengoCalc  弘治三年九月五日 -->: Emperor Go-Nara died at age 62.<ref name="t382"/>