Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, who was a peasant, ended the Sengoku period and launched the Taiko-kenchi (nationwide land survey) in 1582 and improved upon complicated landholding relationships such as when several persons held rights to the same land, resulting in a renewed property system.
戦国時代を終息させた農民出身の豊臣秀吉は、1582年（天正10年）に太閤検地を開始し、1つの土地に数人のもの者が権利をもつ、複雑な土地所有関係を整理し、土地制度を一新させた。