Ishiyama Hongan Temple | building, Japan | Britannica (original) (raw)

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history of Ōsaka

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  In Ōsaka-Kōbe metropolitan area: Ancient and medieval periods
  …in 1532, this structure, the Ishiyama Hongan Temple, became the nucleus of a major town that was destroyed in 1580 by Nobunaga, after a siege of many years. Nobunaga’s successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, built a great castle on the site with massive stone walls and broad moats; the castle town that…
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