Whether or not involvement of the Imperial Court in the plot is denied, views on the relation between Nobunaga and the Emperor Ogimachi are divided into two groups, one to look at the point that Nobunaga is said that he required abdication and the other to look at the fact that the Emperor Ogimachi himself wanted to abdicate but Nobunaga did not agree.
朝廷の関与を否定する説も、否定しない説も、信長と正親町天皇の関係については、退位を要求したとする点に着目する説と、反対に、天皇自身の退位希望を信長が受け入れなかった点に着目する説とに分かれる。