However, shortly, the people of Ise Nagashima Ikko Ikki (an uprising of Ikko sect followers in Nagashima, Ise Province) rose in revolt, ordered by Kennyo, the hoshu (high priest) of Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple, which forced Nobunaga's brother Nobuoki ODA to be killed in the battle.
しかし、その間に石山本願寺の法主・顕如の命を受けた伊勢長島一向一揆衆が叛旗を翻し、信長の実弟・織田信興を戦死に追い込んだ。