Within the Hongwan-ji Temple religious community at the end of the Ishiyama War, there existed two opinions: the former was an opinion to support peace-making with the hostile Nobunaga ODA, and the latter was an opinion to insist on do-or-die resistance.
石山合戦末期の本願寺教団内には、当時対立していた織田信長との講和を支持する意見と、徹底抗戦を主張する意見とがあった。