In those days, in Owari Province, the power of the Shiba clan, who were shugo daimyo, declined and Nobutomo ODA, who was the head of 'the Oda Yamato no Kami family,' the shugodai of the south four counties of the Owari Province, and the head of the lord of the Kiyosu-jo Castle, grasped the real power.
当時、尾張国は守護大名の斯波氏の力が衰え、尾張下四郡の守護代であった「織田大和守家」当主にして清洲城主・織田信友が実権を掌握していた。