Katsuie subsequently married Lady Oichi through the intermediation of Hideyoshi HASHIBA (though it was once said that this intermediation was by Nobutaka, it is widely accepted that it was through Hideyoshi due to his letter of intermediation).
なお、この後に羽柴秀吉の仲介を受けてお市の方と結婚している（従来は信孝の仲介とされて来たが、秀吉の仲介の書状により、秀吉による仲介説が有力となっている）。