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Amago Katsuhisa (尼子 勝久) was a member of the Amago Family who lived from 1553 to 1578.
Katsuhisa made attempts during his life to revive the family’s power with the aid of Yamanaka Shikanosuke as a vassal of Oda Nobunaga. There was a brief military success; however, Katsuhisa later commit suicide after coming under siege by the Mōri in 15781 at Kōzuki Castle in Harima Province.2
Footnotes
1. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.
2. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
