In the wake of the change, the masses in the Kinai region (the provinces in the vicinity of the capital which were under direct Imperial rule), which was an advanced area of those days, began to form solidarity organizations (called ikki in Japanese) to make a political appeal to their rulers such as the bakufu (feudal government headed by a shogun) and their shugo (provincial constables).
これにより、まず当時の先進地域だった畿内において、民衆が連帯組織＝一揆を形成して、支配者（幕府や守護など）へ政治的な要求を行うようになった。