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Kunihisa was a son of [[Amako Tsunehisa]] and was known in his youth as Magoshirô. He was a principle Amako general while Tsunehisa was alive, leading a force that came to be nicknamed the 'Shinju army' (after the area where Kunihisa's lands were located). He fought under his father in campaigns in [[Aki province|Aki]] and [[Bingo province|Bingo]] provinces during the 1520's and alongside A[[mako Haruhisa]] at Koriyama in [[1540]]. He defeated a [[Mori clan|Môri]] army in [[1544]] but lost his second son, Toyohisa, at the [[Battle of Hashizugawa]] in [[1546]]. Despite his many services, Kunihisa came to be distrusted by Haruhisa, his nephew and the daimyô after Tsunehisa's death. For reasons unclear, Kunihisa was executed at Gassan-Toda by Haruhisa on the suspicion of treason in December [[1554]], along with his eldest son Masahisa and two grandsons. His death is often represented as a contributing factor in the eventual fall of the Amako. Kunihisa had been married to the daughter of Amako retainer [[Tako Tadashige]]. He was a grandfather of [[Amako Katsushige]].

Kunihisa was a son of [[Amako Tsunehisa]] and was known in his youth as Magoshirô. He was a principle Amako general while Tsunehisa was alive, leading a force that came to be nicknamed the 'Shinju army' (after the area where Kunihisa's lands were located). He fought under his father in campaigns in [[Aki province|Aki]] and [[Bingo province|Bingo]] provinces during the 1520's and alongside A[[mako Haruhisa]] at Koriyama in [[1540]]. He defeated a [[Mori clan|Môri]] army in [[1544]] but lost his second son, Toyohisa, at the [[Battle of Hashizugawa]] in [[1546]]. Despite his many services, Kunihisa came to be distrusted by Haruhisa, his nephew and the daimyô after Tsunehisa's death. For reasons unclear, Kunihisa was executed at Gassan-Toda by Haruhisa on the suspicion of treason in December [[1554]], along with his eldest son Masahisa and two grandsons. His death is often represented as a contributing factor in the eventual fall of the Amako. Kunihisa had been married to the daughter of Amako retainer [[Tako Tadashige]]. He was a grandfather of [[Amako Katsushige]].

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