According to Amidaji (Kamidachiuriomiya) Engi (the history of the Amida-ji Temple), of which temple Nobunaga was a believer, the chief priest, Seigyoku, sneaked in through the hedge in the back of the temple and carried out the body and burnt it.
信長が帰依していたとする阿弥陀寺（上立売大宮）縁起によれば、住職清玉が裏の生垣から割入って密かに運び出し、荼毘に付したとされる。