Nobunaga burns Mount Hiei
1571 · Event
The warrior monks of Mount Hiei had defied warlords for six centuries from their mountain of temples above Kyoto. Nobunaga surrounds it, burns all three thousand buildings, and kills everyone found on the mountain — monks, women, children, by the thousands. The message to every power in Japan, sacred or secular: this one does not negotiate.
On these timelines: The Unification of Japan, Japan, Master, Major Religions
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