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Soranin at 00:30, 4 May 2026

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	==History==		==History==
	By the 1560s, the complex had grown to include almost 3,000 temples, and its influence was considered able to counteract negative influences on the imperial capital of [[Kyoto]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 7: Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City</ref> In 1570, members of the {{Wiki\|Azai clan\|Azai}} and {{Wiki\|Asakura clan}}s who had survived the [[Battle of Anegawa]] sought refuge among Enryaku-ji's monks, much to the indignation of [[Oda Nobunaga]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 5: Oda Nobunaga</ref> This perceived transgression, coupled with Nobunaga's concern that the monastery's ''~~{{Wiki\|~~sōhei}}'' might resist his efforts to unify Japan through military conquests, eventually led him to [[Siege of Mount Hiei\|attack]] Enryaku-ji on 30 September 1571.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>		By the 1560s, the complex had grown to include almost 3,000 temples, and its influence was considered able to counteract negative influences on the imperial capital of [[Kyoto]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 7: Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City</ref> In 1570, members of the {{Wiki\|Azai clan\|Azai}} and {{Wiki\|Asakura clan}}s who had survived the [[Battle of Anegawa]] sought refuge among Enryaku-ji's monks, much to the indignation of [[Oda Nobunaga]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 5: Oda Nobunaga</ref> This perceived transgression, coupled with Nobunaga's concern that the monastery's ''[[sōhei]]'' might resist his efforts to unify Japan through military conquests, eventually led him to [[Siege of Mount Hiei\|attack]] Enryaku-ji on 30 September 1571.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>

	During the siege, Nobunaga's forces massacred the monastery's entire population, including people unrelated to the Tendai sect<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> and even animals.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /> In addition to the human toll, there was a massive loss of history and culture, as the [[Oda clan\|Oda]] troops also burned down almost every building of the temple complex,<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /><ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> with the exception of one small building that got overlooked.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" />		During the siege, Nobunaga's forces massacred the monastery's entire population, including people unrelated to the Tendai sect<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> and even animals.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /> In addition to the human toll, there was a massive loss of history and culture, as the [[Oda clan\|Oda]] troops also burned down almost every building of the temple complex,<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /><ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> with the exception of one small building that got overlooked.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" />
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	In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] headed to Enryaku-ji's ruins after accepting a task from [[Kōga]]'s former ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Shōtei]] to find his daughter [[Rokkaku Katsuhime]] and enlist her help to infiltrate [[Sakamoto Castle]]. Arriving at the temple, they were attacked by a Kōgan ''[[ninja\|shinobi]]'', who was hired by the [[Shinbakufu]] to kill them. Climbing the temple's stairs, they later found [[Akechi clan]] [[soldier]]s fighting Katsuhime and killed them. Introducing themselves, they asked for her help but Katsuhime left after telling them she would consider their words.<ref name="Against the Koga-ryu">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Against the Koga-ryu]]</ref> While there, Naoe and Yasuke also found and retrieved three lost pages scattered throughout the temple.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>		In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] headed to Enryaku-ji's ruins after accepting a task from [[Kōga]]'s former ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Shōtei]] to find his daughter [[Rokkaku Katsuhime]] and enlist her help to infiltrate [[Sakamoto Castle]]. Arriving at the temple, they were attacked by a Kōgan ''[[ninja\|shinobi]]'', who was hired by the [[Shinbakufu]] to kill them. Climbing the temple's stairs, they later found [[Akechi clan]] [[soldier]]s fighting Katsuhime and killed them. Introducing themselves, they asked for her help but Katsuhime left after telling them she would consider their words.<ref name="Against the Koga-ryu">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Against the Koga-ryu]]</ref> While there, Naoe and Yasuke also found and retrieved three lost pages scattered throughout the temple.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

	Parts of Enryaku-ji would eventually be rebuilt in the first half of the 17th century,<ref>{{WP\|Enryaku-ji}}</ref> with many of these buildings still standing today.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07" />		Parts of Enryaku-ji would eventually be rebuilt in the first half of the 17th century,<ref>{{WP\|Enryaku-ji}}</ref> with many of these buildings still standing today.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07" />

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	'''Enryaku-ji''' (延暦寺) is a {{Wiki\|Tendai}} [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] [[temple]] complex located on [[Mount Hiei]] in ~~western~~ [[~~Ōmi~~]], [[~~Japan~~]].		'''Enryaku-ji''' (延暦寺) is a {{Wiki\|Tendai}} [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] [[temple]] complex located on [[Mount Hiei]] in [[Japan]], formerly within the province of [[Ōmi]].

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	==History==		==History==
	By the 1560s, the complex had grown to include almost 3,000 temples, and its influence was considered able to counteract negative influences on the imperial capital of [[Kyoto]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 7: Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City</ref> In 1570, {{Wiki\|Azai clan\|Azai}} and {{Wiki\|Asakura clan~~\|Asakura~~}} ~~survivors of~~ the [[Battle of Anegawa]] sought refuge among Enryaku-ji's monks, much to the indignation of [[Oda Nobunaga]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 5: Oda Nobunaga</ref> This perceived transgression, coupled with Nobunaga's concern that the monastery's ''{{Wiki\|sōhei}}'' might resist his efforts to unify Japan through military conquests, eventually led him to [[Siege of Mount Hiei\|attack]] Enryaku-ji on 30 September 1571.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>		By the 1560s, the complex had grown to include almost 3,000 temples, and its influence was considered able to counteract negative influences on the imperial capital of [[Kyoto]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 7: Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City</ref> In 1570, members of the {{Wiki\|Azai clan\|Azai}} and {{Wiki\|Asakura clan}}s who had survived the [[Battle of Anegawa]] sought refuge among Enryaku-ji's monks, much to the indignation of [[Oda Nobunaga]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 5: Oda Nobunaga</ref> This perceived transgression, coupled with Nobunaga's concern that the monastery's ''{{Wiki\|sōhei}}'' might resist his efforts to unify Japan through military conquests, eventually led him to [[Siege of Mount Hiei\|attack]] Enryaku-ji on 30 September 1571.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>

	During the siege, Nobunaga's forces massacred the monastery's entire population, including people unrelated to the Tendai sect<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> and even animals.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /> In addition to the human toll, there was a massive loss of history and culture, as the [[Oda clan\|Oda]] troops also burned down almost every building of the temple complex,<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /><ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> with the exception of one small building that got overlooked.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" />		During the siege, Nobunaga's forces massacred the monastery's entire population, including people unrelated to the Tendai sect<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> and even animals.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /> In addition to the human toll, there was a massive loss of history and culture, as the [[Oda clan\|Oda]] troops also burned down almost every building of the temple complex,<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /><ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> with the exception of one small building that got overlooked.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" />

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	'''Enryaku-ji''' (延暦寺) is a {{Wiki\|Tendai}} [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] [[temple]] complex in western [[Ōmi]], [[Japan]].		'''Enryaku-ji''' (延暦寺) is a {{Wiki\|Tendai}} [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] [[temple]] complex located on [[Mount Hiei]] in western [[Ōmi]], [[Japan]].

	==History==		==History==
	In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] headed to ~~the temple~~ after accepting a task from [[Kōga]]'s former ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Shōtei]] to find his daughter [[Rokkaku Katsuhime]] ~~for~~ her help to infiltrate [[Sakamoto Castle]]. Arriving at the temple, they were attacked by a Kōgan ''[[ninja\|shinobi]]'', who was hired by the [[Shinbakufu]] to kill them. Climbing the temple's stairs, they later found [[Akechi clan]] [[soldier]]s fighting Katsuhime and killed them. Introducing themselves, they asked for her help but Katsuhime left after telling them she would consider their words.<ref name="Against the Koga-ryu">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Against the Koga-ryu]]</ref> While there, Naoe and Yasuke also found and retrieved three lost pages scattered throughout the temple.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>		By the 1560s, the complex had grown to include almost 3,000 temples, and its influence was considered able to counteract negative influences on the imperial capital of [[Kyoto]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 7: Kyoto: Japan's Imperial City</ref> In 1570, {{Wiki\|Azai clan\|Azai}} and {{Wiki\|Asakura clan\|Asakura}} survivors of the [[Battle of Anegawa]] sought refuge among Enryaku-ji's monks, much to the indignation of [[Oda Nobunaga]].<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 5: Oda Nobunaga</ref> This perceived transgression, coupled with Nobunaga's concern that the monastery's ''{{Wiki\|sōhei}}'' might resist his efforts to unify Japan through military conquests, eventually led him to [[Siege of Mount Hiei\|attack]] Enryaku-ji on 30 September 1571.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01">''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' – Episode 1: Civil War in Feudal Japan: The Sengoku Period</ref>

			During the siege, Nobunaga's forces massacred the monastery's entire population, including people unrelated to the Tendai sect<ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> and even animals.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /> In addition to the human toll, there was a massive loss of history and culture, as the [[Oda clan\|Oda]] troops also burned down almost every building of the temple complex,<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" /><ref name="Echoes Shadows 01" /> with the exception of one small building that got overlooked.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05" />

			In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] headed to Enryaku-ji's ruins after accepting a task from [[Kōga]]'s former ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Shōtei]] to find his daughter [[Rokkaku Katsuhime]] and enlist her help to infiltrate [[Sakamoto Castle]]. Arriving at the temple, they were attacked by a Kōgan ''[[ninja\|shinobi]]'', who was hired by the [[Shinbakufu]] to kill them. Climbing the temple's stairs, they later found [[Akechi clan]] [[soldier]]s fighting Katsuhime and killed them. Introducing themselves, they asked for her help but Katsuhime left after telling them she would consider their words.<ref name="Against the Koga-ryu">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Against the Koga-ryu]]</ref> While there, Naoe and Yasuke also found and retrieved three lost pages scattered throughout the temple.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

			Parts of Enryaku-ji would eventually be rebuilt in the first half of the 17th century,<ref>{{WP\|Enryaku-ji}}</ref> with many of these buildings still standing today.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 07" />

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">		<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''		*''[[Echoes of History]] – Shadows'' {{Mo}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' {{1st}}

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	[[Category:Temples]]		[[Category:Temples]]
			[[Category:Buddhism]]

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	'''Enryaku-ji''' is a {{Wiki\|Tendai\|~~Tendai~~ Buddhist}} [[temple]] complex in western [[Ōmi]], [[Japan]].		'''Enryaku-ji''' (延暦寺) is a {{Wiki\|Tendai}} [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] [[temple]] complex in western [[Ōmi]], [[Japan]].

	==History==		==History==
	In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] headed to the temple after accepting a task from [[Kōga]]'s former ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Shōtei]] to find his daughter [[Rokkaku Katsuhime]] for her help to infiltrate [[Sakamoto Castle]]. Arriving at the temple, they were attacked by a Kōgan ''[[ninja\|shinobi]]'', who ~~were~~ hired by the [[Shinbakufu]] to kill them. Climbing the temple's stairs, they later found [[Akechi clan~~\|Akechi~~]] [[soldier]]s fighting Katsuhime and killed them. Introducing themselves, they asked for her help but Katsuhime left after telling them she would consider their words.<ref name="Against the Koga-ryu">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Against the Koga-ryu]]</ref>		In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins\|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] headed to the temple after accepting a task from [[Kōga]]'s former ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Shōtei]] to find his daughter [[Rokkaku Katsuhime]] for her help to infiltrate [[Sakamoto Castle]]. Arriving at the temple, they were attacked by a Kōgan ''[[ninja\|shinobi]]'', who was hired by the [[Shinbakufu]] to kill them. Climbing the temple's stairs, they later found [[Akechi clan]] [[soldier]]s fighting Katsuhime and killed them. Introducing themselves, they asked for her help but Katsuhime left after telling them she would consider their words.<ref name="Against the Koga-ryu">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Against the Koga-ryu]]</ref> While there, Naoe and Yasuke also found and retrieved three lost pages scattered throughout the temple.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

	While there, Naoe and Yasuke also found and retrieved three lost pages scattered throughout the temple.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">		<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">

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[[File:ACSH Enryakuji 1.png|thumb|250px|Enryaku-ji in the late Sengoku period]]
'''Enryaku-ji''' is a {{Wiki|Tendai|Tendai Buddhist}} [[temple]] complex in western [[Ōmi]], [[Japan]].

==History==
In 1582, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] headed to the temple after accepting a task from [[Kōga]]'s former ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Shōtei]] to find his daughter [[Rokkaku Katsuhime]] for her help to infiltrate [[Sakamoto Castle]]. Arriving at the temple, they were attacked by a Kōgan ''[[ninja|shinobi]]'', who were hired by the [[Shinbakufu]] to kill them. Climbing the temple's stairs, they later found [[Akechi clan|Akechi]] [[soldier]]s fighting Katsuhime and killed them. Introducing themselves, they asked for her help but Katsuhime left after telling them she would consider their words.<ref name="Against the Koga-ryu">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Against the Koga-ryu]]</ref>

While there, Naoe and Yasuke also found and retrieved three lost pages scattered throughout the temple.<ref name="ACSH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
ACSH Enryakuji 2 CA.jpg|Concept art of Naoe at Enryaku-ji
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACSH}}
[[Category:Landmarks in Japan]]
[[Category:Temples]]