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name has a complex history. Originally, Ikkō-shū was an "obscure band of Pure Land proponents" founded by Ikkō Shunjō in the fifteenth century. He was

Ikkō-ikki (一向一揆; "Ikkō-shū Uprising") were armed military leagues that formed in several regions of Japan in the 15th–16th centuries, composed entirely

the growing threat of the Ikkō-ikki, a league of monks, samurai, and peasants who were strongly against samurai rule. The Ikko-Ikki was an armed rebel movements

people rebelled against the feudal lords in revolts known as Ikkō-ikki (一向一揆, Ikkō-shū uprising). The period saw a breakdown in the traditional master-servant

In 1488, their leader Rennyo, incited an uprising against samurai rule, and secured Kaga Province for the Ikkō-ikki. From there they spread, establishing

In 1574, he responded to uprisings of the Echizen Ikkō-Ikki by surrendering, despite the ongoing struggle between the Ikkō sect and the Oda. In 1575

with the ikkō-ikki, violent uprisings of peasants encouraged and organized by the leadership of Jōdo Shinshū splinter group Ikkō-shū. The ikkō-ikki were

Asakura clan as well as the Ikkō-ikki, a loose collection of lesser nobility, monks, and farmers. By 1474, however, the Ikkō-ikki grew discontent with Masachika

the Ikkō, started their own revolt during the Ōnin War after being enlisted by one of Kaga's most prominent warlords, Togashi Masachika. The Ikkō, who

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