In August, he and Katsumasa IKEDA dealt Tomomichi IWANARI a crushing defeat at the Battle of Yodo Castle in Yamashiro, and went on to fight a number of battles in the Kinai area as a general under Nobunaga.
8月には池田勝正とともに岩成友通を山城国淀城の戦いで滅ぼすという功績を挙げ、以後信長の武将として畿内各地を転戦した。