Kyonyo claimed to resist to the last and fought against Nobunaga ignoring the Imperial order for peace and shutting himself in Hongan-ji Temple, and was disowned by his father.
このとき教如はあくまでも徹底抗戦を主張し、勅命講和を無視してなおも本願寺に立て籠もって信長に抗戦したため、父親から義絶されてしまった。