However, as described later, it seems that he had a complicated feeling for Nobunaga, and Nobunaga's influence can be known from the fact that the two persons of Hideyoshi and Ieyasu, who became Tenkabito (the ruler of the nation), were once under Nobunaga.
とはいえ、後述のように信長に対しては複雑な感情を持っていたようであり、また秀吉・家康の天下人となった二人とも信長の元にいたことからその影響力が窺い知れる。