Nobunaga deeply grieved Yoshinari's loss and immediately marched out to battle to avenge his death; indeed, Yoshinari's death is said to be one reason for his subsequent burning down of Mt. Hiei's Enryaku-ji Temple, whose monks had joined forces with the Asai and Asakura army.
信長は可成の死を深く悲しみ、直後に弔い合戦として浅井・朝倉軍に協力した比叡山延暦寺を焼き討ちすることになる原因のひとつになったという。