Thus, even though Nobuhide kept the vassalage relationship to the Owari Shugodai 'Oda Yamato no Kami family' of his master's house, he exceeded his master's house and their lord, the Owari Shugo Shiba clan, and he had established himself in the position of overwhelming other forces in the Province by allocating the strategic spots of Orari to his family and vassals such as his younger brother Nobuyasu ODA and Nobumitsu ODA.
こうして信秀は、主家の尾張守護代「織田大和守家」への臣従関係は保ちながらも、主家やその主君である尾張守護斯波氏をも上回り、弟の織田信康や織田信光ら一門・家臣を尾張の要所に配置し、国内の他勢力を圧倒する地位を築いていった。