As Mitsuhide was killed during the Battle of Yamasaki, the conference was held at Kiyosu-jo Castle in Owari Province (Kiyosu City, Aichi Prefecture) for the purpose of deciding who should succeed the Oda family and how to distribute properties inherited from Nobunaga.
光秀は山崎の戦いで討たれ、織田家後継者及び遺領の配分を決定することを目的に、尾張国清洲城（愛知県清須市）で開催された。