Carol Richmond Tsang's scholarly study of the Ikko-ikki, leagues of Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priests, peasants and local warriors organized under the Honganji temple network in late Muromachi and Sengoku period Japan, published by the Harvard University Asia Center in 2007. Its strength is a focused, source based study of the Ikko-ikki's self governance in Kaga province and their military confrontations with regional daimyo and, later, Oda Nobunaga, situating the leagues within Japanese religious and military history rather than treating them as a footnote to Nobunaga's career. Its limit is that its focus is the leagues' late Muromachi and early Sengoku period rise and organization, so the final 1570 to 1580 Ishiyama Honganji war against Nobunaga is covered mainly as the movement's endpoint rather than in full campaign detail.
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A peer reviewed academic monograph from a university press area studies center, by a named historian, focused specifically on the Ikko-ikki rather than treating them as background to another figure's biography. NotesCited for the Ikko-ikki Wars' dates, principal parties and their religious character as a Jodo Shinshu led movement for autonomy.
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AuthorCarol Richmond Tsang
PublisherHarvard University Asia Center
Publication Year2007
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Japan directly: "in late Muromachi and Sengoku period Japan, published by the Harvard University Asia Center in 2007."
This source names Jodo Shinshu directly: "study of the Ikko-ikki, leagues of Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priests, peasants and local warriors organized under the Honganji temple network in late Muromachi and Sengoku period Japan, published by the..."
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- Articles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Wars & Conflicts, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
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