Although Nobunaga faced a predicament, he was saved by the death of Kenshin UESUGI, the strongest leader of the anti-Nobunaga network, in 1578; the anti-Nobunaga network collapsed in 1580, when Ishiyama Hongan-ji Temple surrendered to Nobunaga by opnening its gate.
窮地に立たされた信長だが、1578年に包囲網の最大勢力上杉謙信が急死し、危機を免れ、1580年の石山本願寺明け渡しによって事実上崩壊した｡