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Rise of the Ikko-Ikki in the 1460s
In the 1460s Ikko-ikki centered on the Jōdo Shinshū Hongan-ji sect expanded in Kinai, Omi, and Kaga, with peasants and followers organizing armed res…
Timeline
- 1461–1465Ishiyama Hongan-ji · KinaiDuring the time of Jitsunyō and Jikkū, father of the eighth head Rennyo, Hongan-ji accumulated followers and wealth in Kinai, organizing bōkan and peasants around a single nembutsu faith, forming a grassroots network that transcended manor lords.
- 1463–1468Kaga Province · KagaIn the 1460s followers in Kaga, Echigo, and Omi gathered under the name 'Ikko-ikki,' resisting taxes, refusing land surveys, and clashing with shugo and kokujin; neither local lords nor the shogunate could effectively suppress them.
- 1467–1470Kinai and Hokuriku · JapanAfter the outbreak of the Ōnin War the shogunate could not attend to the provinces; ikki forces took advantage of shugo daimyo being drawn into the Kyoto civil war to grow further, laying the foundation for Rennyo's unification of the sect after the 1470s and the success of the Kaga ikki in 1488.
Sources
- Ikko Ikki: The Armies of the Pure Land — James D. M. Goodwin (1994)
- 蓮如・一揆・民衆 — 黒田俊雄 (1989)