Amago (尼子) is a Japanese word meaning "child of a nun", and has various other uses:
People
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Amago clan
The , descended from the Emperor Uda (868–897) by the Kyogoku clan, descending from the Sasaki clan (Uda Genji).
Kyogoku Takahisa in the 14th century, lived in Amako-go (Izumo Province), and took the name 'Amago'. The family crest is also t ...
, a Japanese daimyō clan
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Amago Haruhisa
was a ''daimyō'' warlord in the Izumo Province, Chūgoku region of western Japan. He was the second son of Amago Masahisa. Initially named Akihisa (詮久), he changed his name to Haruhisa in 1541 after Ashikaga Yoshiharu offered to let him u ...
(1514–1561), Japanese daimyō
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Amago Katsuhisa
was a remnant of the Amago clan, a powerful feudal clan in the Chūgoku region of Japan, backed up by Yamanaka Yukimori, a vassal of the clan.
He was born to Amago Masahisa in 1553. In the following year, Katsuhisa's father and grandfather were ...
(1553–1578), Japanese daimyō
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Amago Kunihisa
was a Japanese warlord during the Sengoku period of western Honshu. He was a son of Amago Tsunehisa.
A principle Amako general under Tsunehisa, he led a force that came to be nicknamed the "Shingū army". Kunihisa's faction was named Shingūt ...
(1492–1554), Japanese daimyō
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Amago Okihisa
was the third son of Tsunehisa. His childhood name was Hikoshirō (彦四郎). He also called himself for the domain he ruled.
He received Enya of east Izumo Province and used Mount Yōgai (要害山) for his castle. Like his elder brother ...
(1497–1534), Japanese daimyō
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Amago Tsunehisa
was a powerful warlord who gained the hegemony in Chūgoku region, Japan starting as a vassal of the Rokkaku clan. He ruled the domains of Aki.
Tsunehisa was the eldest son of Amago Kiyosada">Bizen Province">Bizen, Bitchū Province">Bitchū, B ...
(1458–1541), Japanese daimyō
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Amago Yoshihisa (1540–1610), Japanese daimyō
Other uses
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Amago Station, a railroad station in Kōra, Shiga, Japan
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Oncorhynchus masou macrostomus
The amago or the red-spotted masu salmon (''Oncorhynchus masou macrostomus'') is a salmonid fish endemic to western Japan, and a subspecies of the more widespread Northwest Pacific masu salmon or cherry salmon (''Oncorhynchus masou'').
It is dis ...
'' or amago, a salmonid fish endemic to western Japan
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