Throughout the entirety of the siege, though Murashige's defense was able to hold out, his men did not sally forth from the castle or otherwise attack the besieging army.

Murashige expected reinforcements from the Mōri or Ishiyama-Honganji armies, but neither arrived, making the castle's fall inevitable.

In a coup de main, Takikawa took control of Itami and captured then razed the town's samurai headquarters.

In any event, he composed the poem: Though I shall vanish Like a single drop of dew, My thoughts will linger With the poor little children.

Nobunaga, "intent on punishing them as renegades,"[8] decided that Araki's kin (33 women and 3 men) would be taken to Kyoto, paraded through the city, then beheaded.

[9]An additional "388 females, the wives and children of low-ranking retainers and their maids"[9] along with "124 males, from junior personnel assigned to the important ladies on down"[9] were forced into four houses, which were set on fire.