When the Azai family had to make a decision on which side they should take under the serious confrontation between the Oda and the Asakura clans as a partner of both sides, Hisamasa strongly insisted that they should side with the Asakura, and Nagamasa rebelled against Nobunaga, compromising with his father.
織田氏と朝倉氏が対立を深め、両家と同盟関係にあった浅井家はどちらにつくかの決断を迫られた場面で久政は強硬に朝倉方につくべきであると主張し、長政が折れる形で信長に反旗を翻すこととなった。