Rinoie Motohiro

Rinoie Motohiro (Japanese: 李家元宥, 1589–1647) was a samurai from Joseon who served the Mōri clan and retainer of Chōshū Domain in the early Edo period.

In 1589, Rinoie was born in Joseon as Yi Gyeong-bu (Korean: 이경보; Hanja: 李聖賢).

He was captured by Asonuma Motonobu, the retainer of Mōri and brought to Japan.

[1] He brought his military equipment with the Chinese letter 李家龍虎 (Dragon and Tiger of Yi clan) engraved on it.

He was summoned by Mōri Terumoto and given the territory of 100 koku in Katsuma, Kumage District.