Three Temples of Hezhou

...As a result of the Chokyo Rebellion, the Kaga Ikko Ikki, while retaining the Togashi clan as their nominal protector, established a system of complete self-governance by the followers of Hongan-ji Temple, and created a republican form of government unlike any other in history, eliminating the control of the shugo daimyo. The first half of the republican government, which lasted for a century, was led by the "Three Kashu Temples" of Wakamatsu Honsen-ji Temple in Kahoku County, where Rennyo's son was stationed, Hasadani Shooka-ji Temple in Nomi County, and Yamada Kokyo-ji Temple in Enuma County. However, after the failure of the "Eisho Ikki" in 1506 (Eisho 3), which aimed to overthrow the shugo authority in the neighboring provinces of Echizen, Noto, and Etchu, conflicts between the "Three Kashu Temples" and the Echizen-affiliated Fujishima Chosho-ji Temple, Wada Honkaku-ji Temple, and the Hongan-ji Temple vassals intensified, and with the "Kyoroku Disturbance" in 1531 (Kyoroku 4), the initiative shifted to the Hongan-ji Temple vassals, Chosho-ji Temple, and Honkaku-ji Temple. In 1546 (Tenbun 15), Kanazawa-bo was built in Kanazawa, Ishikawa County, and the distribution system of the Kaga province was concentrated in the temple town of Kanazawa.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Three Hezhou Temples" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…〈長享の一揆〉の結果，加賀一向一揆は富樫氏を名目的な守護としながらも，完全に本願寺門徒による自主管理の体制を確立し，守護大名の支配を排除した史上類例の乏しい共和政体を構築する。その後1世紀にわたった共和政体の前半段階を主導したのは，蓮如の子が配置された河北郡若松本泉寺，能美郡波佐谷（はさだに）松岡寺，江沼郡山田光教寺の〈賀州三ヵ寺〉であったとされるが，隣国越前，能登，越中での守護権力の打倒をめざした1506年(永正3)の〈永正の一揆〉に失敗したのちは，〈賀州三ヵ寺〉と越前系の藤島超勝寺，和田本覚寺や本願寺家臣団との抗争が激化し，31年(享禄4)の〈享禄の錯乱〉によって，主導権は本願寺家臣団や超勝寺，本覚寺に移る。46年(天文15)には石川郡の金沢に金沢坊が建設され，加賀一国の流通機構は寺内町金沢に集積された。…

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