Although the Nobunaga's force, with a limited number of soldiers, defeated the Ishiyama Honganji-temple force, the former was defeated by the Mori navy at the first battle of Kizukawaguchi.
信長はわずかな手勢で本願寺勢を破るが、毛利水軍に第一次木津川口の戦いで敗れ撤退する。