However, when the Great Fushimi Earthquake occurred in 1596 and Fushimi-jo Castle where Hideyoshi lived collapsed, Kiyomasa is said to have quickly hurried to Hideyoshi with a party of 300 soldiers under his command and acted as escort.
しかし慶長元年（1596年）、伏見大地震が起こって秀吉がいた伏見城が倒壊したとき、清正は300人の手勢を率いていち早く秀吉のもとに駆けつけ、警護を務めたと言われている。