Battle of Ishiyama

Japanese: 石山合戦 - いしやまかっせん

This was a battle that lasted for 11 years from 1570 to 1580 between Oda Nobunaga and the 11th abbot of Hongan-ji Temple, Kennyo, who was based at Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple in Settsu Province. Since the mid-Muromachi period, the Jodo Shinshu (Ikko sect) sect has grown significantly, and the Ikko Ikki movement has expanded its battles against feudal lords and shugo daimyo over a wide area. The 10th abbot of Hongan-ji Temple, Shonyo, made the Ishiyama Dojo, built by the 8th abbot, Rennyo, the head temple of the sect, and expanded the temple grounds, strengthened its defenses, and attracted newly emerging merchants and industrialists to its gates, and the temple eventually developed into a major feudal lord. Oda Nobunaga, who aimed to unify the country by defeating the Azai and Asakura clans, rose up in 1570 to overthrow Hongan-ji Temple, and the Hongan-ji Temple urged its followers throughout the country to fight against Nobunaga, with its fate at stake. The fighting continued from then until March 1581, when Kennyo made peace with Nobunaga and handed Hongan-ji Temple over to him, and in April of the same year, he retreated to Saiga in Kii. During this time, Nobunaga defeated Ikko sect followers in Omi, Nagashima, and Saiga, annihilated the Azai and Asakura clans, defeated the Takeda clan at Nagashino, and annihilated the Kitabatake clan in Ise. At the same time, he raised an army to conquer the Chugoku region, isolating the Hongan-ji Temple. The surrender of Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple meant that Nobunaga had established his power over the Kinai region and the surrounding areas.

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Japanese:

織田信長と摂津国石山本願寺に拠る本願寺第 11世顕如との間で元亀1 (1570) 年から天正8 (80) 年までの 11年間にわたって続けられた合戦。室町時代中期以降，浄土真宗 (一向宗) 教団の伸張は著しく，一向一揆は，領主，守護大名などに対する戦いを広範囲に展開した。本願寺第 10世証如は，第8世蓮如の建立した石山道場を同宗の本寺とし，寺域を広げ，防備を固め，門前に新興商工業者を集め，やがて同寺は一大領主勢力に発展した。浅井，朝倉両氏を討って全国統一を目指す織田信長は元亀1年，本願寺打倒に立上がり，本願寺はその興廃をかけて全国門徒を対信長戦に駆りたてた。以来，天正8年3月，顕如が信長と和して本願寺を信長に渡し，同年4月，紀伊雑賀 (さいが) に退くまで合戦は続けられた。この間，信長は一向宗門徒を近江，長島，雑賀に討ち，浅井，朝倉両氏を滅ぼし，武田氏を長篠に討ち，さらに伊勢に北畠氏を滅ぼし，一方，中国征伐の軍を起すなど，本願寺を孤立させていった。石山本願寺の降伏は，信長の畿内および周辺に対する政権の確立を意味する。

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