While the Oda army was closing in on the bakufu, Kiyonobu insisted on all-out resistance and reportedly got into a quarrel in spite of the presence of Yoshiaki with Yusai HOSOKAWA who advocated surrender.
幕府に迫る織田軍を前に、清信は義昭の面前で徹底抗戦を訴え、降伏を唱える細川幽斎と口論に及んだという。