On the other hand, Shigehira KOBAYAKAWA, who was the head of the Numata-Kobayakawa clan, which was the head family of the Kobayakawa clan, was young, sickly, and blind from an eye disease.
一方、小早川氏の本家・沼田小早川氏の当主であった小早川繁平は若年で病弱な上、眼病により盲目となっていた。