From the Sengoku period (period of warring states) (Japan) to Azuchi-Momoyama period, Yamato Province had been ruled by Junkei TSUTSUI who was serving under Nobunaga ODA, but after the death of Nobunaga and Junkei, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, who held a hegemony over the country, transferred Sadatsugu TSUTSUI, a successor of Junkei, to Ueno Domain in Iga Province, and gave Yamato Province to his brother Hidenaga TOYOTOMI instead.
戦国時代(日本)から安土桃山時代にかけて、大和国は織田信長に仕えた筒井順慶に支配されていたが、信長と順慶の死後、天下の覇権をにぎった豊臣秀吉は、順慶の後を継いだ筒井定次を伊賀上野藩に移封し、代わって弟の豊臣秀長に大和を与えていた。