Although he assigned the right of the reigns of the family, Nobunaga retained the actual power of politics until he died in the Honnoji Incident in 1582, and Nobutada's succession to the reigns of the family was just for form.
しかし家督は譲ったといっても、信長は1582年に本能寺の変で死去するまで、政治の実権を握り続けており、信忠の家督相続は形式的なものに過ぎなかった。