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were rebellious or autonomous groups of people that were formed in several regions of Japan in the 15th-16th centuries; backed up by the power of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, they opposed the rule of governors or daimyō.[1]

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  1. 57 relations: Amitābha, Arquebus, Asakura clan, Asakura Norikage, Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Azai clan, Ōnin War, Battle of Azukizaka (1564), Battle of Sendanno, Buddhism, Confederation, Daimyo, Echizen Province, George Sansom, Hongan-ji, Ikkō-shū, Indiana University Press, Ise Province, Ishiyama Hongan-ji, Ishiyama Hongan-ji War, James C. Dobbins, Japan, Jōdo Shinshū, Jōdo-shū, Jizamurai, Kaga ikki, Kaga Province, Kaga Rebellion, Kakure nenbutsu, Kōsa, Kyoto, Late Middle Japanese, Mōri clan, Mikawa Province, Militarism, Monshu, Nagao Tamekage, Nagashima, Naginata, Naraka (Buddhism), Nianfo, Oda Nobunaga, Osaka, Owari Province, Princeton University Press, Rennyo, Sōhei, Sengoku period, Shinran, ... Expand index (7 more) »

  2. 16th-century rebels
  3. Buddhism in the Azuchi–Momoyama period
  4. Buddhism in the Muromachi period
  5. Former countries in Japanese history
  6. Japanese rebels
  7. Japanese warriors

Amitābha

Amitābha (अमिताभ; 'Infinite Light') is the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism.

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Arquebus

An arquebus is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.

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Asakura clan

The is a Japanese kin group.

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Asakura Norikage

, also known as Asakura Sōteki (朝倉 宗滴), was a Japanese samurai warrior of the latter Sengoku Period.

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Ashikaga shogunate

The, also known as the, was the feudal military government of Japan during the Muromachi period from 1336 to 1573.

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Ashikaga Yoshiaki

"Ashikaga Yoshiaki" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Azai clan

The, also rendered as Asai, was a Japanese clan during the Sengoku period.

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Ōnin War

The, also known as the Upheaval of Ōnin and Ōnin-Bunmei war, was a civil war that lasted from 1467 to 1477, during the Muromachi period in Japan.

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Battle of Azukizaka (1564)

The or took place on 15 February 1564, when Matsudaira Motoyasu (later renamed Tokugawa Ieyasu), sought to destroy the growing threat of the Ikkō-ikki, a league of monks, samurai, and peasants who were strongly against samurai rule.

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Battle of Sendanno

The battle of Sendanno was a battle during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan, one of many fought by daimyōs (feudal lords) who sought to suppress the anti-samurai uprisings of the Ikkō-ikki.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Confederation

A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states or communities united for purposes of common action.

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Daimyo

were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings.

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Echizen Province

was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan.

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George Sansom

Sir George Bailey Sansom (28 November 1883 – 8 March 1965) was a British diplomat and historian of pre-modern Japan, particularly noted for his historical surveys and his attention to Japanese society and culture.

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Hongan-ji

, also archaically romanized as Hongwanji, is the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism (which further sub-divides into the Nishi and Higashi branches).

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Ikkō-shū

or "single-minded school" is usually viewed as a small, militant offshoot from Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism though the name has a complex history. Ikkō-ikki and Ikkō-shū are Buddhism in the Muromachi period and Japanese rebels.

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Indiana University Press

Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences.

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Ise Province

was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today includes most of modern Mie Prefecture.

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Ishiyama Hongan-ji

The was the primary fortress of the Ikkō-ikki, leagues of warrior priests and commoners who opposed samurai rule during the Sengoku period. Ikkō-ikki and Ishiyama Hongan-ji are Buddhism in the Azuchi–Momoyama period and Buddhism in the Muromachi period.

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Ishiyama Hongan-ji War

The was a ten-year military campaign that took place from 1570 to 1580 in Sengoku period Japan, carried out by lord Oda Nobunaga against a network of fortifications, temples, and communities belonging to the Ikkō-ikki, a powerful faction of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist monks and peasants opposed to the rule of the samurai class. Ikkō-ikki and Ishiyama Hongan-ji War are Buddhism in the Azuchi–Momoyama period.

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James C. Dobbins

James Carter Dobbins (born 1949) is an American academic, Japanologist and professor of religion and East Asian studies at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jōdo Shinshū

, also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran.

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Jōdo-shū

, also known as Jōdo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen.

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Jizamurai

The (samurai of the land) were minor landholders that emerged in 15th-century Japan Muromachi period.

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Kaga ikki

The Kaga ikki, also known as The Peasants' Kingdom, was a theocratic feudal confederacy that emerged in Kaga Province (present-day southern Ishikawa Prefecture), Japan, during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Ikkō-ikki and Kaga ikki are 16th-century rebels and former countries in Japanese history.

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Kaga Province

was a province of Japan in the area that is today the south and western portion of Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan.

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Kaga Rebellion

The Kaga Rebellion or Chōkyō Uprising was a large-scale revolt in Kaga Province (present-day southern Ishikawa Prefecture), Japan, in late 1487 through 1488. Ikkō-ikki and Kaga Rebellion are Buddhism in the Azuchi–Momoyama period.

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Kakure nenbutsu

Kakure nenbutsu (隠れ念仏), or "hidden Amida Buddhism", was a form of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism secretly practiced on the Japanese island of Kyushu, in the Hitoyoshi Domain and Satsuma Domain, during a period of religious persecution from 1555 to the declaration of freedom of religion during the Meiji Restoration. Ikkō-ikki and Kakure nenbutsu are Buddhism in the Azuchi–Momoyama period.

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Kōsa

, also known as Hongan-ji Kennyo (本願寺 顕如), was the 11th head of the Hongan-ji in Kyoto, and Chief Abbot of Ishiyama Hongan-ji, cathedral fortress of the Ikkō-ikki (Buddhist warrior priests and peasants who opposed samurai rule), during its siege at the end of the Sengoku period.

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Kyoto

Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.

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Late Middle Japanese

was a stage of the Japanese language following Early Middle Japanese and preceding Early Modern Japanese.

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Mōri clan

The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan descended from Ōe no Hiromoto.

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Mikawa Province

was an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture.

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Militarism

Militarism is the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

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Monshu

The Monshu (門主), or keeper of the gate is a term sometimes used in Japanese Buddhism to denote the head of a monastery, as in the case of Jōdo-shū and Tendai Buddhism, but in the case of the Nishi Hongan-ji sub-sect of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, it refers to the spiritual leader of the sect, and direct descendant of its founder Shinran.

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Nagao Tamekage

was a retainer of Japanese feudal lord Uesugi Fusayoshi, and a daimyō in his own right, during Japan's Sengoku period.

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Nagashima

was a series of fortresses and fortifications controlled by the Ikkō-ikki, a sect of warrior monks in Japan's Sengoku period who opposed samurai rule.

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Naginata

The naginata is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihontō).

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Naraka (Buddhism)

Naraka (नरक) is a term in Buddhist cosmology usually referred to in English as "hell" (or "hell realm") or "purgatory".

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Nianfo

The Nianfo, alternatively in Japanese as,, or in niệm Phật, is a Buddhist practice central to the tradition of Pure Land Buddhism, though not exclusive to it.

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Oda Nobunaga

was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods.

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Osaka

is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).

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Owari Province

was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya.

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Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.

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Rennyo

Rennyo (蓮如, 1415–1499) was the 8th Monshu (head priest) of the Hongan-ji Temple of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, and descendant of founder Shinran.

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Sōhei

were Buddhist warrior monks of both classical and feudal Japan. Ikkō-ikki and Sōhei are Japanese warriors.

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Sengoku period

The, is the period in Japanese history in which civil wars and social upheavals took place almost continuously in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Shinran

Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture by Esben Andreasen, pp.

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Shugo

, commonly translated as “(military) governor,” “protector,” or “constable,” was a title given to certain officials in feudal Japan.

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Sieges of Nagashima

The, taking place in 1571, 1573, and 1574, were part of Oda Nobunaga's campaigns against the Ikkō-ikki, arguably among his greatest enemies. Ikkō-ikki and Sieges of Nagashima are Buddhism in the Azuchi–Momoyama period.

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Stanford University Press

Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.

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Theocracy

Theocracy is a form of government in which one or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries who manage the government's daily affairs.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

, otherwise known as and, was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.

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Yoshizaki-gobō

The was a Buddhist temple located in what is the Yoshizaki neighbourhood of the city of Awara, Fukui, Japan.

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See also

16th-century rebels

Buddhism in the Azuchi–Momoyama period

Buddhism in the Muromachi period

Former countries in Japanese history

Japanese rebels

Japanese warriors

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikkō-ikki

Also known as Ikko ikki, Ikko rebel, Ikko rebels, Ikko-ikki, Ikkō rebel, Ikkō rebels, Monto Monks.

, Shugo, Sieges of Nagashima, Stanford University Press, Theocracy, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Yoshizaki-gobō.