Once, Nobunaga fought with the forces of Hongan-ji Temple and then made peace with them, but succeeded in undermining the power of Hongan-ji Temple, for example, by making it lose the authority of the temple that had exerted an overwhelming influence for long years.
かつて、信長は本願寺と交戦しその後和睦したが、実質的には長年猛威を振るってきた本願寺の権威を失墜させるなどの弱体化に成功した。