Amago clan

Amago clan 尼子氏
The emblem (mon) of the Amago clan
Home province	Izumo
Parent house	Sasaki clan
Titles	Various
Founder	Sasaki Takahisa
Final ruler	Amago Yoshihisa
Founding year	14th century
Ruled until	1566, Fall of Gassantoda Castle

The Amago clan (尼子氏, Amago-shi), descended from the Emperor Uda (868–897) by the Sasaki clan (Uda Genji).

Sasaki Takahisa in the 14th century, having lost his parents at the age of three years, he was brought up by a nun (ama in Japanese). He was the first to take the name of Amago (nun's son) in her memory.

The Amago fought the Ōuchi clan or the Mōri clan (who had been among their vassals), during Japan's Sengoku period.

Amago Tsunehisa (1458–1541), great grandson of Takahisa inherited from his father Kiyosada and his grandfather Mochihisa the office of shugo of Izumo Province and resided at the castle of Toda.

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 (尼子高久, 1363–1391)
2. Amago Mochihisa (尼子持久, 1381–1437)
3. Amago Kiyosada (尼子清定, 1410–1488)
4. Amago Tsunehisa (尼子経久, 1458–1541)
5. Amago Haruhisa (尼子晴久, 1514–1561)
6. Amago Yoshihisa (尼子義久, 1540–1610)
7. Amago Motosato (尼子元知, 1572 or 1598–1622)
8. Amago Nariyasu (尼子就易, ? –1659)
9. Amago Ujihisa (尼子氏久, 1646–1710)
10. Amago Motouji (尼子元氏, ? –1730)
11. Amago Tokihisa (尼子時久, 1690–1752)
12. Amago Narikiyo (尼子就清, 1721–1788)
13. Amago Fusataka (尼子房高, 1754–1827)
14. Amago Motohisa (尼子元久)
15. Amago Chikanobu (尼子親辰)
16. Amago Michisuke (尼子道介)
17. Amago Shigehisa (尼子薫久)
18. Amago Torasuke (尼子寅介)

Notable Members

• Amago Kiyosada (d. 1487)
• Amago Tsunehisa (1458–1541)
• Amago Hisayuki (d. 1541)
• Amago Masahisa (1488–1513)
• Amago Okihisa (1497–1534)
• Amago Haruhisa (1514–1562)
• Amago Kunihisa (d. 1554)
• Amago Masahisa (d. 1554)
• Amago Katsuhisa (1553–1578)
• Amago Yoshihisa (1540–1610)

Retainers and Vassals

The Amago's chief generals were called Amago 10 Yushi (尼子十勇士).

• Yamanaka Yukimori (1544–1578)
• Akiage Iorinosuke
• Yokoji Hyogonosuke (d. 1570)
• Ueda Saenosuke
• Teramoto Seishinosuke
• Motomo Dorinosuke
• Kogura Nezuminosuke
• Fukada Doronosuke
• Hayakawa Ayunosuke
• Yabunaka Ibaranosuke

Other vassals:

• Uyama Hisakane

References

• Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.