In 1591 Hideyoshi ceded Kanpaku position and family estate to his nephew Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI, and became to be called Taiko (honorific title of former Kanpaku).
天正19年（1591年）には関白及び家督を甥・豊臣秀次に譲り、太閤（前関白の尊称）と呼ばれるようになる。