Thereafter, it has been said that he rallied the people of Koga and Iga provinces and continued to resist Nobunaga, that he lived in seclusion, that he was receiving help from Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple, and even that he was baptized as a Christian in 1581, but there is no clear information on this point.
その後も甲賀や伊賀の国人を糾合して信長に抗戦したとも、隠棲していたとも、石山本願寺の扶助を受けていたとも、天正9年（1581年）にキリシタンの洗礼を受けたとも言われるが、はっきりしていない。