Eizan Yakiuchi

...The population in the Middle Ages is thought to have been over 20,000, judging from the great fire of 1501 (Bunki 1) in which several thousand houses were burned down. The Middle Ages in Sakamoto came to an end with the burning of Mount Hiei by Oda Nobunaga in September 1571. The Nippon Jesuit Society Annual Report reports the situation at that time as follows: "The townspeople of Sakamoto also climbed the mountain with their wives and children, following the advice of the priests...Approximately 1,500 priests died, and the number of lay people, including men, women and children, was the same." ...

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…中世の人口は1501年(文亀1)の大火で在家数千軒が炎上した例からみて，2万を越える規模をもっていたとおもわれる。そして坂本の中世は71年9月の織田信長による叡山焼打ちによって幕を閉じる。このときの状況を《日本耶蘇会年報》は〈坂本の町民等も亦坊主等の勧告に依りて，妻子等と共に山に登りたり……坊主等の死したる者約千五百人，俗人は男女小児を合わせて同数なりしという〉と伝えている。…

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