Incidentally, Honno-ji Temple at the time was used as an exclusive guesthouse for Nobunaga and thus the monks were temporarily removed; with only about one hundred men on the premises of the vast temple, Honno-ji Temple was nearly deserted.
なお、このとき本能寺は織田信長の専用宿舎として僧侶は他に出されていたため、広大な寺域に百人程度の供回りしかおらず無人に近かった。