However, Dosan favored Yoshitatsu's younger brothers Tatsushige and Tatsusada over Yoshitatsu, and it is said that he finally began to think about eliminating Yoshitatsu as the head of the family.
しかし道三は義龍よりも、その弟である龍重や龍定を偏愛し、ついに義龍の廃嫡を考え始めたとされる。