Under the Toyotomi Administration, there were a lot of figures who took charge of administrative affairs, including Yoshitsugu OTNI and Yukinaga KONISHI, and the most prominent five among them were later known as Gobugyo (five bugyo, or five commissioners or five magistrates).
豊臣政権では大谷吉継や小西行長はじめ多くの奉行が行政を担当しており、その中でも特に重要な活躍をした5名が五奉行と呼ばれた。