As Nobunaga did not want to have Shikoku unified by the Chosokabe clan, he ordered Motochika in March and April 1582 to govern only two Provinces, Tosa and Awa, and visit Kyoto.
長宗我部氏による四国統一を良しとしない信長は、天正10年2月に元親へ土佐・阿波2郡のみの領有と上京を命じた。