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was a powerful warlord who gained the hegemony in
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, and Aki Province">Aki. Tsunehisa was the eldest son of Amago Kiyosada. His childhood name was Matashiro (又四郎). In 1473, he was already his father's deputy and dealt with the
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's domain. He became a deputy governor of Izumo province in 1477 and received a letter ''Kei'' (経) from Governor Kyogoku Masatsune, but was expelled by the Muromachi Ashikaga clan in 1484. He came back two years later taking the Rokkaku clan stronghold of Tomidajo with less than one hundred of his troops. He gained full control of Izumo in 1508 by successfully subjugating powerful regional clans, called ''
kokujin The were lords of smaller rural domains in feudal Japan.Harold Britho, 'The Han', in John Whitney Hall, ed., ''The Cambridge History of Japan, volume 4: Early Modern Period'' (Cambridge UP, 1988), 183–234, They often used their relatively sma ...
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Ōuchi Yoshioki became a ''sengoku daimyō'' of Suō Province and served as the 15th head of the Ōuchi clan. Yoshioki was born early in the Sengoku period, the son of Ōuchi Masahiro, ''shugo'' of Suō Province and the 14th head of the Ōuchi clan. The firs ...
marched upon
Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
in 1508 in support of
Ashikaga Yoshitada , also known as , was the 10th ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate who headed the shogunate first from 1490 to 1493 and then again from 1508 to 1521 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshitane was the son of Ashikaga Yoshimi and grandson o ...
, Tsunehisa took advantage of Yoshioki's distraction and secretly communicated with ''kokujin'' all over the Chūgoku region to counter the powerful
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. He lost his eldest son and heir apparent
Amago Masahisa Amago (尼子) is a Japanese word meaning "child of a nun", and has various other uses: People * Amago clan, a Japanese daimyō clan * Amago Haruhisa (1514–1561), Japanese daimyō * Amago Katsuhisa (1553–1578), Japanese daimyō * Amago Kunih ...
in 1513 battling
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but finally succeeded in controlling 11 domains by the 1520s. Samurai in Iwami and Aki were forced to walk a tightrope between Amago and Ōuchi.
Mōri Motonari was a prominent ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) in the western Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. The Mōri clan claimed descent from Ōe no Hiromoto (大江広元), an adviser to Minamoto no Yoritomo. Motonari w ...
, who would eventually emerge victorious against both Amago and Ōuchi, was one such samurai. Tsunehisa's late years were troubled by constant internal troubles. In 1532, at the age of 74, he was forced to crush a revolt by his third son
Amago Okihisa was the third son of Tsunehisa. His childhood name was Hikoshirō (彦四郎). He also called himself for the domain he ruled. He received Enya of east Izumo Province and used Mount Yōgai (要害山) for his castle. Like his elder brother ...
and was left without an heir. In 1538, he handed over the Amago clan to his grandson
Amago Haruhisa was a ''daimyō'' warlord in the Chūgoku region of western Japan. He was the second son of Amago Masahisa. Initially named Akihisa (詮久), he changed his name to Haruhisa in 1541 after Ashikaga Yoshiharu offered to let him use a ''kanji'' chara ...
and three years later, Tsunehisa died from illness, fearing young Haruhisa might be too inexperienced. Tsunehisa's burial name is "興国院月叟省心大居士" and he is buried in Dokoji of
Shimane prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamaguc ...
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Family

* Father: Amago Kiyosada * Mother: Maki Tomochika's daughter * Wife: Yoshiawa-dono * Children: ** Amago Masahisa (1494-1518) by Yoshiawa **
Amago Kunihisa was a Japanese warlord during the Sengoku period of western Honshu. He was a son of Amago Tsunehisa. A principle Amako general under Tsunehisa, he led a force that came to be nicknamed the "Shingū army". Kunihisa's faction was named Shingūt ...
**
Amago Okihisa was the third son of Tsunehisa. His childhood name was Hikoshirō (彦四郎). He also called himself for the domain he ruled. He received Enya of east Izumo Province and used Mount Yōgai (要害山) for his castle. Like his elder brother ...
by Yoshiawa-dono ** Ito married to Kitajima family ** daughter married to Senge family ** daughter married Shinji Hisayoshi ** Take-do Toshikata Dai-sho


References

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Amago, Tsunehisa 1458 births 1541 deaths Daimyo Amago, Tsunehisa People from Shimane Prefecture