Yamashiro ikki

Yamashiro ikki
1485–1493
Location of Yamashiro Province in Japan
Location of Yamashiro Province in Japan
Common languagesLate Middle Japanese
Religion
BuddhismShinto
GovernmentMilitary and civil confederation
LegislatureIkki agreements of 1485 and 1486
• Provincial leadership
Kokujin assembly
• Local authority
Village councils
Historical eraSengoku
• Ōnin War
1467–1477
• Formation
1485
• Submission to the Ashikaga shogunate
1493
• Last ikki protests in Yamashiro Province
1511
Currencymon, 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.

  1. ^ Ikegami 1997, p. 133.
  2. ^ Tsang 2007, p. 42.