When the power of the Shimazu clan grew weak from internal conflicts during the Sengoku period, Shigekiyo GAMO banded with the Kimotsuki clan and fought with the Shimazu clan.
戦国時代(日本)、蒲生茂清が登場し、肝付氏らと結んで内紛で衰退した島津氏と対抗した。