The Hojo clan had already asked the Oda clan to unite and govern the Kanto region by offering the Hojo clan's domain to Oda's territory on one condition that Ujinao HOJO would have taken a princess of the Oda clan for his wife, but Nobunaga ODA did not give any clear response to it.
すでに北条は氏直に織田家から姫を迎えて婚姻することを条件にして、織田の分国として関東一括統治を願い出ていたが、これについて織田信長から明確な回答がなかった。