In the days of Hideyoshi, Ieyasu and Toshiie were seated at the most honorable Kamiza (seat of honor) of Gotairo of the same rank, but after Hideyoshi died, the Tokugawa family assumed the post of Taishogun (the head of bakufu) who governed the whole of Japan.
家康と利家は秀吉の時代、五大老の一番の上座に肩を並べて座っていたが、秀吉が死ぬと徳川家が天下をおさめる大将軍となった。