In August, amidst the political chaos following the assassination in June of the 6th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshinori, peasants revolted, with the bashaku of Kyoto and Sakamoto and Otsu in Ōmi Province at their core, in demand of a comprehensive debt cancellation order on the basis of "daihajime no tokusei", debt relief on the occasion of the ascension of a new shōgun.
After severing communication between Kyoto and the outside world, the rebel army attacked sake merchants, storehouse money brokers, and temples.
Under the guidance of ji-samurai, the rebel force acted in an organized manner and kept a lid on wanton looting.
In the case of the daimyō Mochikuni Hatakeyama, he opposed the suppression of the uprising because his own vassals were involved in it, and the situation became even more chaotic.
Finally the 7th shōgun Ashikaga Yoshikatsu accepted their demands and issued a comprehensive debt cancellation order, the "Yamashiro Ikkoku Heikin Tokuseirei",[1] which included debt from land sold in perpetuity by farmers less than 20 years ago.