However, there is also another theory that his banishment was just harassment from the perspective of his protection for the temples in Mino Province including the exemption of miscellaneous taxes for Sofuku-ji Temple and the donations to Hokke-ji Temple, which was the family temple of Oda. |
なお、秀信は仏教を迫害しておらず、美濃崇福寺を織田家の菩提寺ということで諸役免除としたり、法華寺に寄進を行うなど美濃の寺院を保護しているため、高野山追放は完全なとばっちりであるという説もある。 |