Kaga Rebellion

Kaga Rebellion
Part of the Sengoku period
Location of Kaga Province in Japan
Date 1487–1488 Location Kaga Province, Japan (present-day southern Ishikawa Prefecture) Result Decisive victory for the Ikkō-ikki, Togashi Yasutaka becomes shugo Emergence of the Kaga ikki Territorial changes Ikkō-ikki gain effective control of Kaga
Belligerents
Ikkō-ikki Motoori clan Yamagawa clan Other disaffected vassals and nobility	Togashi clan
Commanders and leaders
Rengo Renkō Rensei and others	Togashi Masachika †
Strength
100,000–200,000	Unknown

The Kaga Rebellion or Chōkyō Uprising was a large-scale revolt in Kaga Province (present-day southern Ishikawa Prefecture), Japan, in late 1487 through 1488. Togashi Masachika, who ruled Kaga Province as shugo, had been restored to power in 1473 with aid from the Asakura clan as well as the Ikkō-ikki, a loose collection of lesser nobility, monks, and farmers. By 1474, however, the Ikkō-ikki grew discontent with Masachika, and launched some initial revolts, which were easily quelled. In 1487, when Masachika left on a military campaign, between 100,000 and 200,000 Ikkō-ikki revolted. Masachika returned with his army, but the Ikkō-ikki, backed by several disaffected vassal families, overwhelmed his army and surrounded him in his palace, where he committed seppuku. The former vassals of Masachika granted the position of shugo to Masachika's uncle Yasutaka, but over the next several decades, the Ikkō-ikki increased their political hold on the province, eventually abolishing the shugo. They effectively controlled Kaga for almost a century.