I get that it’s a revolt against the daimyo by everyone (within the Ikko-shu sect) from priests to lords to peasants, but what was their professed cause? The easiest one to find information on was the religious leader Rennyo, who seemed to have not actually supported the revolt but merely self-defense by the temples.

It looks to me, though I can’t tell for certain, like it was driven by yeomen and the like trying to resist consolidation of property into the ha ds of larger landowners.

Does anyone happen to have sources for the professed beliefs of the militant Ikki?