▁or ▁zas u ). ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁fighting ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁four ▁centuries ▁was ▁over ▁these ▁sorts ▁of ▁political ▁fe ud s , ▁and ▁centered ▁around ▁the ▁tem ples ▁of ▁Ky oto , ▁N ara , ▁and ▁ Ō mi , ▁namely ▁the ▁T ō da i - ji , ▁K ō fu ku - ji , ▁En ry aku - ji , ▁and ▁M ii - der a , ▁the ▁four ▁largest ▁tem ples ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁armed ▁conflict ▁broke ▁out ▁in ▁ 9 4 9 , ▁when ▁ 5 6 ▁mon ks ▁from ▁T ō da i - ji ▁st aged ▁a ▁protest ▁at ▁the ▁residence ▁of ▁a ▁Ky oto ▁official , ▁over ▁an ▁appointment ▁that ▁dis ple ased ▁them . ▁Pro tests ▁of ▁this ▁sort ▁continued ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁century , ▁often ▁breaking ▁out ▁into ▁b raw ls ▁in ▁which ▁some ▁participants ▁would ▁be ▁killed . ▁In ▁ 9 7 0 , ▁following ▁a ▁dispute ▁between ▁En ry aku - ji ▁and ▁the ▁Y as aka ▁S hr ine ▁of ▁Ky oto , ▁the ▁former ▁established ▁the ▁first ▁standing ▁army ▁of ▁war rior ▁mon ks . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁entirely ▁clear ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁this ▁standing ▁army ▁consisted ▁of ▁mon ks ▁from ▁En ry aku - ji , ▁or ▁were ▁more ▁like ▁mer cen aries , ▁since ▁Ry ō gen , ▁the ▁ab bot ▁who ▁established ▁this ▁army , ▁also ▁established ▁a ▁code ▁of ▁mon astic ▁conduct ▁that ▁prevent ed ▁mon ks ▁from