Amago clan


The Amago clan, descended from the Emperor Uda by the Kyogoku clan, descending from the Sasaki clan.
Kyogoku Takahisa in the 14th century, lived in Amako-go, and took the name 'Amago'. The family crest is also that of the Kyogoku clan.
They were Shugodai of Izumo and Oki provinces for generations, for the Kyogoku Shugo branch, and their seat was Gassan Toda castle.
In 1484, Amago Tsunehisa, was deprived of the position of Shugodai by Kyogoku Masatsune, who was the Shugo, because he did not obey the request of tax from the Muromachi bakufu, and was expelled from Gassan Toda castle. Although Enya Kamonnosuke was dispatched to Gassan Toda castle as the new Shugodai, Tsunehisa recaptured Gassan Toda castle by a surprise attack in 1486, took control of Izumo, and developed the Amago clan into a Sengoku Daimyo clan.
The Amago fought the Ōuchi clan or the Mōri clan, during Japan's Sengoku period.
For much of the next hundred years, the clan battled with the Ōuchi and Mōri, who controlled neighboring provinces, and fell into decline when Gassantoda Castle fell to the Mōri in 1566.
Amago Katsuhisa tried to regain prestige for the clan by joining the forces of Oda Nobunaga, invaded Tajima and Inaba Provinces, but was defeated and died in the siege of Kōzuki by the Mōri in 1578.

Clan heads

  1. Amago Takahisa
  2. Amago Mochihisa
  3. Amago Kiyosada
  4. Amago Tsunehisa
  5. Amago Haruhisa
  6. Amago Yoshihisa
  7. Amago Motosato
  8. Amago Nariyasu
  9. Amago Ujihisa
  10. Amago Motouji
  11. Amago Tokihisa
  12. Amago Narikiyo
  13. Amago Fusataka
  14. Amago Motohisa
  15. Amago Chikanobu
  16. Amago Michisuke
  17. Amago Shigehisa
  18. '''Amago Torasuke'''

Notable members

Retainers and vassals

The Amago's chief generals were called Amago 10 Yushi.
Other vassals:

Amago Jikki

Amago clan's 10 castles