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[[Image:Amako_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Amako kamon.]]
 
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The Amako 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.
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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]].
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[[Image:Amako_fam.jpg|right|thumb|The Amako Clan.]]
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|<font color="#FFFFFF">Members of the Amako clan
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* [[Amako Tsunehisa]]
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* [[Amako Hisayuki]]
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* [[Amako Kunihisa]]
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* [[Amako Okihisa]]
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* [[Amako Haruhisa]]
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* [[Amako Yoshihisa]]
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* [[Amako Katsuhisa]]
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* [[Amako Kiyosada]]
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* [[Amako Tsunehisa]]
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* [[Amako Masahisa]]
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* [[Amako Hidehisa]]
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* [[Amako Tomohisa]]
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* [[Amako Katsushige]]
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* [[Amako Akiyuki]]
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* [[Amako Akihisa]]
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==References==
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{{biodict}}
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[[Category:Clans]]

Latest revision as of 14:29, 6 May 2007

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

References

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