Nobunaga ODA had conducted genocidal killing in the cases of the fire attack against Mt. Hiei, Nagashima ikkoikki (an uprising of Ikko sect followers in Nagashima), and Echizen ikkoikki, and as similar execution was conducted in this case also, certain of Nobunaga ODA's troops inclined their heads.
織田信長は比叡山焼き討ち、長島一向一揆、越前一向一揆で大量虐殺を行ったが、今回も同様の処刑とあって織田信長の軍勢の中にも断案に首を傾げる者もいたようである。