War and Faith : Ikko Ikki in Late Muromachi Japan

Maps and Figure xi Maps xiii Introduction 1(7) Terminology 8(3) Honganji and Its World 11(33) Honganji's World: Other Temples 30(4) Honganji's Secular World 34(10) Rennyo and the First Ikko Ikki, 1457--1475 44(39) Rennyo 46(4) The First Ikko Leagues 50(5) Yoshizaki 55(18) Disorder 73(10) New Headquarters, New Ikki, 1475--1489 83(33) Other Ikko Ikki in the Hokuriku 89(4) Ikko Ikki as Administrative Units in Kaga, 1473--1488 93(9) Masachika's Downfall 102(10) Rennyo, Sectarian Growth, and Religious Authority 112(4) Ikki and a Patriarch's Orders, 1489--1525 116(41) Post-Masachika Kaga 118(8) Jitsunyo 126(1) The Ikko Ikki of 1506 127(14) 1506: An Evaluation 141(5) Jitsunyo, Institutionalization, and More Ikki 146(8) Jitsunyo's Death 154(3) Increasing Secular Power, 1525--1554 157(43) Shifting Leadership and the Dai--sho Ikki 158(9) The Tenbun War, 1532--1536 167(17) The Nichiren Ikki and Ikko Ikki: A Comparison 184(5) Honganji's Strategies for Control of the Ikki 189(4) Analysis of the Kaga Civil War and the Tenbun War 193(4) Kaga under Honganji 197(3) From Peak to Defeat, 1554--1580 200(35) Mikawa 201(21) Nobunaga and Honganji 222(5) Justification and Incentives 227(8) Conclusion 235(12) Notes 247(42) Works Cited 289(12) Character List 301(10) Index 311