What is this? Protest at Ichirou making a new Ame clan?
What is this ridiculousness? You all are acting like he would immediately be recognized as the Amekage. Has everyone forgotten that anyone CAN claim the title of Amekage, but being recognized by the villagers, and the surrounding nations, as a kage is crucial to actually being one? OOCly, I actually don't see the problem with Ichirou's actions; something similar happened when Konoha split, and though it took a long time, it came back together as one (for better or for worse depending on who you ask).
Granted, Ame has a smaller pool of attraction to work with, and I personally was involved in the attack because it was something to do (as the way I posted should hint at, I didn't really have a huge objective) and after spending some time in Ame I kind of considered joining Amegakure (the one under Kage, Ichirou's hadn't been created at that point). Course, I am not going to be joining in the middle of a RP where I am attacking the place. ^_^
Anyways, to keep from digressing too much, I think Ichirou should have a talk to Kage about it, but not per say stop having his own clan up and going. Why?
If many of the prior denizens of Amegakure prefer Kage's method of doing things, they will stay in his Amegakure. Otherwise they may gravitate towards Ichirou's Amegakure. This is an interesting opportunity for RP in my opinion, but one that should be taken logically. Creating a brand new RP village from nothing shouldn't be done, but rather, a bunch of Ame dissidents setting out to recreate the village should be the starting RP for this new Amegakure.
Not all villages work the same, and I think the insistence that the Rain culture should be more like the Mist or even Sand culture is insulting. What if they don't want to have the RP managed by just anybody and everybody? What if they actually want the Kage to be responsible for generating and organizing RP? There is nothing inherently wrong with that if that is what they (the active members of Ame) choose, and trying to talk down to those who see it differently should be an offense punishable by tarnished camel coal.
Creating a new Ame clan may seem fairly drastic, and is a cause for an actual war/civil war, in OOC terms it is not by any means heinous. You want a revolution? Fine, but if Kage and the rest of current Ame doesn't like it, you might need to prepare for a war, IC, not OOC. Settle the matter IC, and may the best leader win.