On the 26th of the same month, soon after Mitsuhide's death, when Hideyoshi HASHIBA (Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI) was opposed to Katsuie SHIBATA in Kiyosu Kaigi (the meeting at Kiyosu) for deciding the affairs like the succeeding personnel of the Oda family, Toshiie took sides with Katsuie because he had been Katsuie's yoriki.
光秀の死亡後まもない同月27日に織田家の後継人事等を決定する清洲会議において羽柴秀吉（豊臣秀吉）と柴田勝家が対立すると、利家は勝家の与力であったことからそのまま勝家に与する。