Ishiyama Honganji and the Ikko-Ikki: Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Powerful Religious Force
The complete story of how the Jodo Shinshu Honganji led the Ikko-Ikki peasant-monk forces in a decade-long war against Oda Nobunaga at Ishiyama Honganji (now Osaka Castle's site). From the 100-year peasant republic in Kaga to the massacre of 20,000 at Ise Nagashima, to the East-West split of the Honganji — Japan's most dramatic story of popular resistance.