Yamashiro ikki

Yamashiro ikki
1485–1493
Location of Yamashiro Province in Japan
Common languages	Late Middle Japanese
Religion	Buddhism • Shinto
Government	Military and civil confederation
Legislature	Ikki agreements of 1485 and 1486
• Provincial leadership	Kokujin assembly
• Local authority	Village councils
Historical era	Sengoku
• Ōnin War	1467–1477
• Formation	1485
• Submission to the Ashikaga shogunate	1493
• Last ikki protests in Yamashiro Province	1511
Currency	mon, ryō
Today part of	Japan

The Yamashiro ikki^[1] or Yamashiro kuni ikki^[2] was a confederacy that emerged in Japan's Yamashiro Province (present-day southern Kyoto Prefecture) during the late 15th century. After the chaotic Ōnin War had weakened the Ashikaga shogunate's authority, feuding samurai armies fought for the control of provinces across Japan. In Yamashiro Province, local samurai and peasants formed an ikki league and rose up in 1485, successfully demanding the withdrawal of two rival warlord armies. The ikki members subsequently organized a new provincial government, defying both warlords as well as the Ashikaga shogun in nearby Kyoto. The Yamashiro ikki continued to operate until 1493, when a new invasion of samurai armies forced its members to reaccept the shogunate's authority. Regardless, Yamashiro Province remained largely under local control, and repeated local uprisings as well as protests continued until 1511.