Though Hideyoshi planned to give the territory of Hyuga Province to Sorin, it was said that he declined it for lack of his motivation for governing it or had very recently died.
秀吉は宗麟に日向の地を与えようとしていたが統治意欲を失っていた宗麟はこれを辞退した、もしくは直前に死去したとされている。