By the time the Ikko-ikki troops besieged Kenpon-ji Temple on August 1, the number of the troops had increased even more (it is said that it was 100 thousands in total), and so all Motonaga could do was to let Yoshitsuna ASHIKAGA escape.
同月20日、顕本寺を取り囲んだ頃には一向一揆軍は一段と膨れ上がっており（総勢10万とも言われる）、足利義維を逃がすのに精一杯だった。