Kazumasa SOGO, Yoshioki MIYOSHI, and Fuyuyasu ATAGI, who were of the Miyoshi family, died one after another, probably because they were assassinated by Hisahide.
三好一族の十河一存、三好義興、安宅冬康らが相次いで死去した理由は、久秀の暗殺と言われている。