It is recorded in "Shincho Koki" (Account of Lord Nobunaga) that on May 16, 1575, he had a conference with Nobunaga ODA, who was his father's foe as well as Ieyasu TOKUGAWA's ally, at Sokoku-ji Temple, and on the 20th of the same month, he showed a game of kemari (a type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan) with court nobles in front of Nobunaga.
天正3年（1575年）3月16日、徳川家康の同盟者にして父の仇でもある織田信長と京都の相国寺で会見、同20日、信長の面前で公家たちとともに蹴鞠を披露したことが『信長公記』に記されている。