However, on September 30, 1556, Kenshin was dissuaded from becoming a priest by the desperate requests of the vassals who caught up with him at Handago village, Katsujo County at the foot of Mt. Katsuragi in Yamato Province.
しかし8月17日、大和国の葛城山山麓、葛上郡吐田郷村で家臣が追いつき必死に懇願した結果、謙信は出家を思いとどまった。