High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yamashina Mido, also known as Yamashina Hongan-ji was a Buddhist temple in Kyoto which was used as a fortress by the Ikk -ikki, an organization of warrior monks and lay zealots who opposed samurai rule. The temple was originally founded by Rennyo, abbot of the J do Shinsh sect whose preachings spurred the creation of the Ikk -ikki. Following the 1465 destruction of the chief J do Shinsh temple, the Hongan-ji in Kyoto, Rennyo spent roughly a decade in the provinces. He returned to Kyoto in 1478; the construction of the Yamashina Mido was completed in 1483, becoming the center of the J do Shinsh sect. Rennyo remained there for over a decade, leaving in 1496 and traveling to the area now known as Osaka, where he would found the Ishiyama Honganji.