Later, Negoro-ji Temple's size grew and was significantly militarized with priest soldiers, which Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI determined as disrupting the peace, and in the spring of 1585, a large army attacked Mt. Negoro, totally destroying Negoro-ji Temple and executing many of the priests.
後年、根来寺は規模が拡大し僧兵による武力強化が著しく、不穏分子と判断した豊臣秀吉は1585年春、遂に大軍で根来山を攻撃、根来寺は完全に破壊され多くの僧侶は処刑された。