However, because of these subordinates, retainers of the daimyo such as the Imagawa family, the Takeda family, and the Hojo family, which he himself had not ruined directly, were included, and it can also be said that he reaped the benefits (or that Nobunaga and Hideyoshi were made responsible for all dirty activities done in unifying the nation).
とはいえ、その部下の中には今川氏・武田氏・北条氏等の自身が直接（主導）的には滅ぼしてはいない大名の家臣も含まれているため一種の漁夫の利（統一の際の汚れ役を信長・秀吉が被ってくれた）ともいえる。