After Hiromoto died, during the generations of Okimoto MORI (the 50th) and Komatsumaru MORI (the 51th), the Ouchi clan and the Amago clan fought over the Aki Province and the conflicts between kokujin within the Aki Province also occurred frequently.
弘元の後、毛利興元（50代）・毛利幸松丸（51代）の代には、大内氏と尼子氏とが安芸を巡って争い、安芸国内の国人同士の争いも頻発した。