Following this, Kataharu YANAGIMOTO was assassinated in the Battle of Nakanoshima, Takakuni HOSOKAWA committed suicide at Daimotsu-kuzure (the Battle of Daimotsu), Tadakata HOSOKAWA was also murdered, and the history of the castle became unknown for a brief period of time.
その後、柳本賢治は中嶋の戦いで暗殺され、細川高国は大物崩れで自害、細川尹賢も殺害され、一旦城史は不明となる。