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Ishiyama Honganji Ruins
大阪府
The impregnable Ikko-shu fortress that defied Nobunaga for a decade — where Hideyoshi later built Osaka Castle
Founded
1496
Type
Historic Site
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15 min walk from Tanimachi 4-chome Subway Station
Osaka Castle Park, Chuo-ku, Osaka
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Historic Site
Founded 1496
530 years
Overview
Base of the Ikko-shu sect, the most powerful religious force of the Sengoku period. Founded by Rennyo in 1496 as the Osaka Gobo, it grew under Kennyo into a massive fortress temple directing adherents across Japan. The 10-year Ishiyama War (1570-1580) with Oda Nobunaga made this the longest resistance to his unification, earning Kennyo the title of nemesis of the self-proclaimed Demon King of the …
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Origins
In 1496, Rennyo founded the Osaka Gobo at the northern edge of the Uemachi Plateau as his retirement hermitage, marking the origin of Ishiyama Honganji. After the 1532 destruction of Yamashina Honganji, the tenth head priest Shonyo moved the sect"s base here. Under the eleventh head Kennyo it grew i…
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1570
Ishiyama War
The 10-year war from 1570 to 1580 between Oda Nobunaga and Ishiyama Honganji under Kennyo. Among all Nobunaga's enemies during his unification campaign, Ishiyama Honganji resisted the longest. The fortress temple on Osaka Bay (the site of present-day Osaka Castle) became a mighty stronghold, and with naval supply from the Mori, muskets from the Saika-shu, and the united faith of Honganji followers nationwide, it tormented Nobunaga for a full decade. At the First Battle of Kizugawaguchi in 1576, the combined Mori navy and Saika gunners shattered the Oda fleet. At the Second Battle in 1578, Kuki Yoshitaka's iron-plated warships turned the tide, yet the Honganji held on. The war was finally ended in 1580 by imperial mediation from Emperor Ogimachi, and Kennyo withdrew from Ishiyama. But his eldest son Kyonyo advocated continued resistance and broke with his father — a family rift that became the seed of the later 1602 split of Honganji into eastern and western branches.
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