However, Motoharu, who was his older brother, and Motonaga KIKKAWA, who was a son of Motoharu, died successively in the Kyushu Conquest, and Takakage had to support Terumoto and protect the Mori clan by himself.
しかし、九州征伐で兄の元春とその嫡男吉川元長があいついで陣没したため、隆景は一人で輝元を補佐し、毛利氏を守っていくことになる。