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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 [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] and, later, the [[Mori clan|Môri]]. They were destroyed as daimyô by [[Mori Motonari|Môri Motonari]] in [[1566]] and disappeared as a military force with the suicide of [[Amako Katsuhisa]] in [[1578]]. | 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 [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi]] and, later, the [[Mori clan|Môri]]. They were destroyed as daimyô by [[Mori Motonari|Môri Motonari]] in [[1566]] and disappeared as a military force with the suicide of [[Amako Katsuhisa]] in [[1578]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:29, 6 May 2007
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.
| Members of the Amako clan | |
References
- Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
