The recent Taiga drama Kirin ga Kuru aired the episode of Nobunaga's father-in-law, Saito Dosan's death. I wrote a post almost ten years ago on this subject. https://otsuke.blogspot.com/2010/07/saito-dosan-and-his-fall.html
Things went sour after Nobunaga met Dosan at Shotokuji Temple in 1553. Dosan knew Nobunaga was not an idiot and he was the only person who can unify Sengoku Japan. After Nobunaga's victory at the Battle of Muraki in 1554, Yoshitatsu knew he had to do something about his father. With a strong Dosan/Nobunaga alliance, Yoshitatsu's influence and power was decreased. So he rebelled against his father and killed two of his sons.
During the Battle of Nagaragawa, Nobunaga provided aid to Dosan and made camp at Ora in Mino. After Dosan's death, Yoshitatsu and Nobunaga fought at Oyobigawara. After the skirmish, Nobunaga pulled back to Ora and returned to Owari.
Tenka no tame!
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