Hideyoshi, however, treated Ryusa KONISHI, who was an emerging second-class drug seller, and SEN no Rikyu more preferentially than Sokyu, it is likely that Sokyu's position under Hideyoshi's regime was not as high as the one granted by Nobunaga.
しかし、秀吉は宗久よりも新興の薬種商・小西隆佐や千利休らを重用したため、信長時代に浴したほどの地位ではなかったと考えられている。