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the Heian period are prominent. The excavation sites were not surveyed over the entire mountain of Mt. Hiei, but were limited to the East Pagoda, West Pagoda, and
Yokogawa, but the number of temples located on Mt. Hiei at the time of burning was limited. Since there are few relics from the 16th century, it is clear many of the monks went down to the area around Sakamoto, as described in the Enryakuji Diary. Therefore, the 500 temples and shrines described "Tokitsugu Yamashina" and "Diary on the Hot Spring" that were all turned into ashes, and 3000 monks and men were beheaded one by one, are likely greatly exaggerated. The theory that the entire mountain became a sea of fire, arson was intermittently carried out by September 15, and genocide was carried out points out that it may be overstated.
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were burned down to ash. As they escaped up the mountain, they attacked with a battle cry from all sides of the mountain. The soldiers beat the monks, scholars, priests, woman and children one by one.” In “Shinchō Kōki ", The monks, soldiers and residents who lived around
Sakamoto were at Mt. Hachioji in the inner part of Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine, but was also burned.
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Nobunaga’s extortion of military funds from the territory of Mount Hiei. In 1569 Jiin-hosou, the lord of the mountain, worked in the imperial court. Because of this, the imperial court requested funds for the restoration of the temple territory, but Nobunaga refused.
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for asylum. Shingen attempted to protect them and rebuild the temple, but died of illness in the 1573. According to the record of
Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine in June 1579, the Emperor Ogimachi issued a statement to revive the Hyakuhachi shrine, but Nobunaga suppressed the revival and the revival movement
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pleaded for the suspension of the attack by giving 300 gold coins, along with 200 more from nearby Katata, but
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to make a total attack. First, Oda army set fire and burned
Sakamoto and Katata. In "Nobunaga Koki", the situation at this time was "On September 30, Mount Hiei was burned down, including Nemoto Nakado, the shrine to Sanno, and others". No Buddha, shrine, monk, or sutra were left behind, and they
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September 30, 1571. It is said that Oda Nobunaga killed all the monks, scholars, priests, woman and children that lived on the mountain in this battle. However, recent excavations have pointed out that many of the facilities may have been abolished before this and the
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Nobunaga extorted, and also supported the Asai-Asakura Alliance. Nobunaga is said to have considered completely destroying the military base. Due to
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and Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine disappeared, and the temple territory and shrine territory were confiscated and distributed to Akechi Mitsuhide, Sakuma Nobumori, Nakagawa Shigemasa , Shibata Katsuie, and Niwa Nagahide. These five warlords would each dispatch their powers to this area to rule. In
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helped Hori and fought hard, and the Ikko-Ikki and Azai forces were defeated. In the same month, Nobunaga burned down the villages that participated in the
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Kaneyasu concluded that "the time has come to reconstruct the historical view of the Warring States period, including the character of Oda Nobunaga".
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