一いっ向こう宗しゅう

noun

Ikkō sect; Jōdo Shinshū; True Pure Land School

A historical name for the Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land) school of Buddhism, often associated with the Ikkō-ikki uprisings. In modern contexts, 浄土真宗 is more common.

See also: 浄土真宗

• 一いっ向こう宗しゅうは、戦せん国ごく時じ代だいに大おおきな勢せい力りょくを持もった仏ぶっ教きょうの一いっ派ぱです。

  The Ikkō sect was a Buddhist school that held great power during the Warring States period.

• 一いっ向こう宗しゅうの門もん徒とたちは、しばしば一いっ揆きを起おこした。

  Followers of the Ikkō sect often rose up in ikki uprisings.