In this way, he allied himself with Katsuie SHIBATA and Kazumasu TAKIGAWA, chief vassals of the Oda clan, and raised an army against Hideyoshi, championing Sanboshi in December of the same year.
こうして織田氏宿老格の柴田勝家・滝川一益らと結び、同年12月、三法師を擁し秀吉に対して挙兵する。