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The 'Amago clan' (尼子氏), also 'Amako', was a samurai family that fought the Ōuchi clan and Mōri clan, who had been among their vassals, during Japan's Sengoku period. Originally from the Chūgoku region, the Amago gained power during the Ōnin War when Amago Tsunehisa conquered the Oki Islands and Izumo province.
For much of the next hundred years, the clan battled with the Ōuchi and Mōri, who controlled neighboring provinces, and fell into decline when Tomito castle fell to the Mōri in 1566. Amago Katsuhisa tried to regain prestige for the clan by joining the forces of Oda Nobunaga, but was defeated in the Siege of Kōzuki in 1578, and committed suicide, thus putting an end to the clan.

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Members

Retainers and Vassals

Reference

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 (1533-1578)

★ 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

Reference

★ Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.