About that time Hideyoshi began to use Toyotomi cognomen to call himself, and at the same time he made Toshiie call himself "Chikuzen no kami (governor of Chikuzen Province) HASHIBA" which was his former name, and what is more, he petitioned the imperial court to make Toshiie appointed as Sakone gon no shosho (Provisional Minor Captain of the Left Division of Inner Palace Guards) (the genealogical table of the Maeda family).
この頃、秀吉が豊臣姓を名乗るとともに、利家に自分の旧称「羽柴筑前守」を名乗らせ、さらに同年11月29日、奏請して左近衛権少将に任官させている（前田家譜）。