When Nobunaga ODA emerged and seized political power in Kinai, the clans were expelled and instead Nagahide NIWA, Mitsuhide AKECHI and Yusai HOSOKAWA under Nobunaga ODA became the ruler of Kitakinki.
畿内において織田信長が台頭し政治の実権を握るとそれらの勢力は駆逐され、信長の配下の丹羽長秀、明智光秀、細川幽斎などが北近畿を支配するようになる。