Gotairo indicates the five most powerful daimyo clans, appointed as Karo (or Tairo) of the Toyotomi family, and acted as executive organs of the Toyotomi Administration at the last days of the administration, during the Bunroku era (1593-1598).
五大老（ごたいろう）とは、豊臣政権末期（文禄年間）に豊臣家の家老（大老）として政務にあたった有力五大名を指した言葉である。