Ikko-ikki

The Japanese Ikko-ikki (一向一揆), literally "single-minded leagues", were mobs of peasant farmers and low-status samurai, who rose up against samurai rule in the 15th and 16th centuries. They followed the beliefs of the Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land) sect of Buddhism which taught that all believers are equally saved by Amida Buddha's grace. Organized to only a small degree, if any single person could be said to have had any influence over them it was Rennyo, an eccentric but important leader of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect. Rennyo's attitude to the Ikko-ikki was however highly ambivalent and pragmatic. Whilst he certainly used the religious fervour of the Ikko-ikki in the defence of his temple settlements, he was also careful to distance himself from the wider social rebellion of the Ikko movement as a whole.

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Samurai: :For other uses, please see Samurai (disambiguation)...

Jodo Shinshu: Jōdo Shinshū (淨土眞宗 "True Pure Land School"), also known as Shin Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai preacher Shinran....

Buddhism: Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived between approximately 566 and 486 BCE in India. Buddhism gradually spread from India throughout Asia to Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Southeast Asia, as well as to East Asian countries su...

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