Yamashiro ikki | |
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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 | ![]() |
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.