The Japanese have been pretty savage during their wars abroad, one can think of countless atrocities committed during the 20th century by the Imperial Japanese army in China and Southeast Asia. Japanese pirates were famous during the Ming Dynasty for plundering the coast and terrorizing citizens and during the invasion of Korea in 1592, they brutalized the Joseon people, even sending boxes of noses of civilians which are now buried in mounds in several places in Japan.

-So my question is, why do the civil conflicts of the Senkogu period seem relatively free of any mention of war crimes or brutality against civilians? For an and off civil war that went on for a century, I've never heard any mention of the war destroying the land or economy. Typically civil wars (well, wars in general) result in massive loss of life and destruction of the economy due to famine and plague after soldiers destroy cities and towns. American Civil War, Taiping Rebellion, Thirty Year War etc. come to mind. However, I've never once read about civilians being raped/massacred en masse when reading about the conflicts of that period. I've noticed that many sieges were of castles and not actual cities and I wonder if thats a reason why civilians didn't end up getting targeted during the typical sackings of cities after a siege. Were there any noteworthy war atrocities committed during the civil wars that were directed at civilians? Was the Japanese economy negatively affected by the wars?