When Toshimitsu left the Inaba clan for the Akechi clan, Ittetsu INABA requested that Nobunaga ODA intervene and have him returned to the service of the Inaba clan, a suggestion with wich Nobunaga was in agreement, and therefore recommended that Toshimitsu be returned to the service of the Inaba clan.
稲葉氏から明智氏に鞍替えしたとき、稲葉一鉄は信長に対して斎藤利三の帰参を求め、織田信長も斎藤利三に稲葉氏への帰参を促した。