To start with, the Imperial Count approached Nobunaga with the rank of Minister of the Right, further, presenting him with any official court rank such as the Grand Minister, chief adviser to the Emperor, and Seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians") but Nogunaga declined.
朝廷は、まず信長を右大臣とし、更には太政大臣、関白、征夷大将軍のいかなる官位をも授けると打診したが、信長はそれを辞退。