Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple; it boasted overwhelming influential power as well as military power through Ikko Ikki (an uprising of Ikko sect followers) which was fought by, instead of its own Sohei group, believers called up from every region of the country (many of them were indigenous persons and ordinary people), but eventually it suffered devastating defeat in the Ishiyama War and lost its military power.
石山本願寺・・・独自の僧兵集団ではなく、各地の門徒（多くは国人や庶民）を動員した一向一揆を通じて絶大な影響力・軍事力を誇ったが、石山合戦に敗れ壊滅、軍事力を喪失した。