Amako clan

The Amako kamon.

Also called the Amago clan, they were descended from Takahisa, a grandson of Rokkaku Takauji. Takahisa is said to have taken the name 'Amako' since he had been raised by a nun (ama (nun), ko (son)). He took Tomita castle in Izumo province for the Kyôgoku shugo and his descendants were powerful in Izumo from the 14th Century until the mid-16th Century. From their headquarters at Gassan-Toda castle, the Amako challenged, with mixed results, the Ôuchi and, later, the Môri. They were destroyed as daimyô by Môri Motonari in 1566 and disappeared as a military force with the suicide of Amako Katsuhisa in 1578.

The Amako Clan.

Members of the Amako clan

Amako Tsunehisa Amako Hisayuki Amako Kunihisa Amako Okihisa Amako Haruhisa Amako Yoshihisa Amako Katsuhisa Amako Kiyosada Amako Tsunehisa Amako Masahisa Amako Hidehisa Amako Tomohisa Amako Katsushige Amako Akiyuki Amako Akihisa

References

• Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005