It was not unusual for a minister to resign from the position and remain as the sanikan for a few years at that time, but the fact that Nobunaga did not hold any official position even at the time when he almost unified Japan baffled the Imperial Court.
当時、大臣が辞任して数年間散位になることは珍しくは無かったが、天下統一を目前にして何らかの地位についていない事は朝廷を困惑させた。