When Nobunaga's enemies were narrowed down to Terumoto MORI, Kagekatsu UESUGI, and others, he tore up the permission for Motochika to freely conquer other provinces in Shikoku, and ordered Motochika to withdraw his troops, giving Motochika the right to rule Tosa Province and the 2 counties of Awa.
敵が毛利輝元・上杉景勝などに絞られると、四国切り取り自由の約定を反故とし、土佐一国と阿波二郡を安堵するので兵を引くように命じた。