Nobunaga tried to protect Soshitsu on the condition of having trade with foreign countries, but as Nobunaga died in the Honnoji Incident in 1582, Soshitsu's plan was cancelled.
信長は諸外国との貿易を前提に宗室を保護しようとしたが、天正10年（1582年）の本能寺の変で死去したため、この目論見は露と消えた。