Mouri's grave

Motonari passed away at the age of 75 in 1571. Three years later, his grandson Terumoto built his family temple, Toshun-ji, and erected his grave within the grounds. Afterwards, successive generations of the Mori clan repaired and maintained the temple, and it has remained as it is to this day thanks to donations of stone fences and stone dragon lanterns by the Asano clan. The graveyard is divided into two levels, with the lower level housing the graves of successive Mori clan members built during the Meiji period, and the upper level housing Motonari's grave and the One Million Hearts Monument. Motonari's graveyard is further divided into a front and rear area, with a row of donated dragon lanterns in the front area and the grave where Motonari's ashes are buried in the rear area. The "hariibuki" trees that were planted as grave markers have now withered. In 1829, the Chinese scholar Rai Sanyo visited the grave of Motonari and wrote a long poem called "Yoshida Ekishi," which states that the tree had already withered by that time. A graveside service is held every year on July 16th of the solar calendar, the same day as Motonari's funeral.