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Nobunaga's campaigns against the Honganji led by Kennyo Honganji lasted for 10 years and were by far the most staunch opposition to Nobunaga. In the aftermath of Nobunaga entering Kyoto to restore the shogunate, the Ikko-ikki and other monk sects such as the Enryaku-ji and Saika-ikki expressed their displeasure with other clans against Nobunaga. During these campaigns, Nobunaga would execute devastatingly brutal tactics earning him the 'Demon King' moniker. Kennyo would eventually surrender by the year 1580.

Role in games
In the first Samurai Warriors, The massacres of Ise-Nagashima are presented in their fullest sharing their map with Iga, which is essentially when Nobunaga and his army massacre the Ikko rebels who are peasants and monks that oppose Nobunaga's brutality. Nobunaga orders his forces to capture four surrounding garrisons defended by pilgrims, and utilising cannon fire led by Yoshitaka Kuki to pressure the rebels. Once two are captured to give the Oda an advantage, Nobunaga sends Hideyoshi Hashiba to do a fire attack on the central fortress. He will need to be escorted there and should he succeed, the Honganji will fall in disarray and start fleeing, killing all the pilgrims will lead the battle to be a success by Nobunaga, claiming that they are beyond salvation. Alternatively, letting some escape in the case of Keiji Maeda and Mitsuhide allows the player to claim victory and the Ikko army to not be a threat again; Failing to wipe out the rebels in this instance unlocks Nobunaga's lower path scenario, where they report to Shingen Takeda, leading to an altered version of Nagashino but they are not present for the battle.

Magoichi Saika's version of the stage tries to prevent the Oda troops from overwhelming the rebels and the various schemes employed but ultimately fails in convincing them to not surrender and his superior Shoukei is executed by Nobunaga. He then commandeers the pilgrims to safety and tries to get a snipe in at Nobunaga, vowing to oppose him. Masamune Date will also interrupt the battle in his personal story mode, which takes place after he performed a similar feat at Okehazama. He is free to go after either force and Nobunaga takes note of the boy's defiance, being amused and impressed.

Other campaigns against the Honganji include Saika Territory in Hideyoshi's story or are depicted for Magoichi's story route including a last stand at Yamazaki with Kennyo against incoming waves of Nobunaga's march, a battle at Echizen which starts off as a battle but the Honganji lines quickly collapse and Magoichi decides to snipe Mitsuhide in order to draw Nobunaga out. The Honganji's definitive defeat comes when they barricade themselves in Kyoto at Honnoji, Nobunaga burns the temple and Kennyo is convinced to come and surrender personally to Nobunaga, with the remainder of the Honganji turning on Magoichi who is refusing to comply with the order. The Saika mercenaries arrive to help out and remind Magoichi that even without Honganji, he can get vengeance against Nobunaga for the innocent lives he wreaked havoc on. Magoichi then goes to Azuchi Castle despite the surrender of the monks who accompany Nobunaga there to finish the job.

The dance of Ise occurs in Okuni's story and Goemon's lower path. After they successfully defeat Nobunaga at Saika village (using the Ōsaka Castle map) alongside Magoichi and the Saika, an enraged Mitsuhide orders a pursuit of Okuni and Goemon. The two must cross Ise to safety from the chasing army. At the northeast garrison, Goemon must stay behind to fight the pursuers for a prolonged time until Okuni has safely cleared the exit point.

In subsequent titles, these campaigns are phased out entirely. Samurai Warriors 2 only has Osaka Bay and Saika village as campaigns with the monks no longer being a factor despite Osaka Bay being led by the Honganji sect, Saika village plays somewhat similarly to the Ise-Nagashima conflict depicted in the first game. Samurai Warriors 3 and it's sequel, Samurai Warriors 4 omit mention of the Honganji altogether with officers like Rairen Shimozuma instead being conflated with the Mori clan.

Samurai Warriors 5 reintroduces the conflict with the monks initially against the Enryaku-ji sect (dubbed as 'Sanmon mercenaries') in the infamous incident at Mt.Hiei. Nobunaga and Sandayū Momochi decide to burn the three temples, prompting Magoichi and even Kenshin Uesugi to try and save the monk, disgusted at Nobunaga's heinous actions. The Honganji themselves, though they are said to be the Oda's greatest enemy, are only depicted at Kizugawa and Tedorigawa aiding the Mori and Uesugi in a small capacity.