The , descended from the
Emperor Uda (868–897) by the
Kyogoku clan, descending from the
Sasaki clan (
Uda Genji
The {{nihongo, Uda Genji, 宇多源氏} were the successful and powerful line of the Japanese Minamoto clan that were descended from Emperor Uda (宇多天皇).
Overview
Many of the famous Minamoto warriors, including Sasaki clan (佐々木� ...
).
Kyogoku Takahisa in the 14th century, lived in Amako-go (Izumo Province), and took the name 'Amago'.
The family crest is also that of the Kyogoku clan.
They were Shugodai (vice-Governors) of Izumo and Oki provinces for generations, for the Kyogoku Shugo branch, and their seat was Gassan Toda castle.
In 1484, Amago Tsunehisa (1458–1541), was deprived of the position of Shugodai by Kyogoku Masatsune, who was the Shugo, because he did not obey the request of tax from the Muromachi bakufu, and was expelled from Gassan Toda castle. Although Enya Kamonnosuke was dispatched to Gassan Toda castle as the new Shugodai, Tsunehisa recaptured Gassan Toda castle by a surprise attack in 1486, took control of Izumo, and developed the Amago clan into a Sengoku Daimyo clan.
The Amago fought the
Ōuchi clan
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or the
Mōri clan
The was a Japanese clan, Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto. Ōe no Hiromoto was descended from the Fujiwara clan. The family's most illustrious member, Mōri Motonari, greatly expanded the clan's power in Aki Province. Durin ...
(who had been among their vassals), during Japan's
Sengoku period
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.
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For much of the next hundred years, the clan battled with the Ōuchi and Mōri, who controlled neighboring provinces, and fell into decline when Gassantoda Castle fell to the Mōri in 1566.][
Amago Katsuhisa tried to regain prestige for the clan by joining the forces of ]Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demo ...
, invaded Tajima and Inaba Provinces, but was defeated and died in the siege of Kōzuki by the Mōri in 1578.
Clan heads
# Amago Takahisa (尼子高久, 1363–1391)
# Amago Mochihisa (尼子持久, 1381–1437)
# Amago Kiyosada (尼子清定, 1410–1488)
# Amago Tsunehisa (尼子経久, 1458–1541)
# Amago Haruhisa (尼子晴久, 1514–1561)
# Amago Yoshihisa (尼子義久, 1540–1610)
# Amago Motosato (尼子元知, 1572 or 1598–1622)
# Amago Nariyasu (尼子就易, ? –1659)
# Amago Ujihisa (尼子氏久, 1646–1710)
# Amago Motouji (尼子元氏, ? –1730)
# Amago Tokihisa (尼子時久, 1690–1752)
# Amago Narikiyo (尼子就清, 1721–1788)
# Amago Fusataka (尼子房高, 1754–1827)
# Amago Motohisa (尼子元久)
# Amago Chikanobu (尼子親辰)
# Amago Michisuke (尼子道介)
# Amago Shigehisa (尼子薫久)
# Amago Torasuke (尼子寅介)
Notable members
* Amago Kiyosada (d. 1487)
* Amago Tsunehisa (1458–1541)
* Amago Hisayuki (d. 1541)
* Amago Masahisa (1488–1513)
* Amago Okihisa (1497–1534)
* Amago Haruhisa (1514–1562)
* Amago Kunihisa (d. 1554)
* Amago Masahisa (d. 1554)
* Amago Katsuhisa (1553–1578)
* Amago Yoshihisa (1540–1610)
Retainers and vassals
The Amago's chief generals were called ''Amago 10 Yushi'' (尼子十勇士).
* Yamanaka Yukimori (1544–1578)
* Akiage Iorinosuke
* Yokoji Hyogonosuke (d. 1570)
* Ueda Saenosuke
* Teramoto Seishinosuke
* Motomo Dorinosuke
* Kogura Nezuminosuke
* Fukada Doronosuke
* Hayakawa Ayunosuke
* Yabunaka Ibaranosuke
Other vassals:
* Uyama Hisakane
(died 1566) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku era who served the Amago clan. Hisakane was the son of Uyama Hisahide and served as a direct vassal to Amago Yoshihisa.
References
Samurai
1566 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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* Tachihara Hisatsuna
* Ushio Yoshikiyo
Amago Jikki
Amago clan's 10 castles (Defense network and 10 supporting castles of Gassantoda Castle called Amago Jikki.
Gallery
Shiraga castle.jpg, Shiraga Castle
Mitoya Castle.jpg, Mitoya Castle
Akana Castle.jpg, Akana Castle
Kumano Castle.jpg, Kumano Castle
Ushio castle.jpg, Ushio Castle
Takase Castle.jpg, Takase Castle
Daisai castle.jpg, Daisai Castle
Mizawajouoote01.jpg, Stone wall of Mizawa Castle
References
References
*Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Japanese clans
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