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山中鹿介(幸盛)
A retainer of the Amago clan who kept fighting to restore the family after Gassantoda Castle was surrendered to the Mori in 1566.
In 1569 he invaded Izumo with Amago Katsuhisa as leader, but was defeated in 1570 at Fube and Yamasa. In 1578 Kozuki Castle in Harima fell, Katsuhisa took his own life, and Shikanosuke was killed in Bitchu. His bronze statue now stands on Taiko-dan at the castle site.
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Yasugi, Shimane
月山富田城
From the lord's mid-slope palace to the summit runs a single steep switchback, Nanamagari, climbed under fire from above: the defenses of the Amago clan's impregnable mountain castle.
retainer who sought to restore the Amago familyRecord source: article
