After Yoshimoto IMAGAWA died in war in the battle of Okehazama in 1560, Imagawa clan went into a decline, and then Sunpu was burnt and devastated for a certain time period by invasion by Shingen TAKEDA into Suruga.
しかし、1560年、桶狭間の戦いで今川義元が討死すると、今川氏は衰退し、武田信玄の駿河攻略によって、駿府は焼討ちに遭い一時荒廃した。