In December of the year before Hideyoshi became Naidaijin, then Kanpaku and Sadaijin (Minister of the Left), Uchimoto ICHIJO, had yielded the position of Kanpaku to Akizane NIJO; the administration was supposed to be run for the time being by Sadaijin Uchimoto ICHIJO, Kanpaku and Udaijin Akizane NIJO, and Naidaijin Nobusuke KONOE.
秀吉が内大臣になる前年の12月にこれまで関白左大臣であった一条内基が二条昭実に関白を譲り当面は左大臣一条内基・関白右大臣二条昭実・内大臣近衛信輔の体制で当面行く筈であった。