Headquartered in Azuchi-jo Castle, Nobunaga ODA had been promoting unification of the whole country in command of an expeditionary force with commanders such as; Katsuie SHIBATA, Mitsuhide AKECHI, Kazumasu TAKIGAWA, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, and Nobutaka ODA and he was forty-nine years old and the situation was such that the whole country would belong to Nobunaga if everything proceeded as planned.
安土城を本拠に、柴田勝家・明智光秀・滝川一益・豊臣秀吉・織田信孝などの派遣軍と軍団長を指揮して天下統一を進める織田信長は数え年で49歳であり、このまま順調に進めば天下は信長のものになると思われる情勢であった。