On August 6, 1585, Hideyoshi received the Imperial edict to award him the position of Kanpaku as Sakihisa KONOE's adopted son, and at the same time, the main participants in the soron, Akizane NIJO and Nobusuke KONOE, and Harusue KIKUTEI all received the rank of the Juichii (Junior First Rank); furthermore, the Konoe family was awarded the increase of their territory by one thousand goku (unit for crop yield), and the other sekke (family lines of regents and chief advisors to the Emperor) by five hundred goku; yet, Hideyoshi was passed over for promotion to Sadaijin or Udaijin, and Nobusuke KONOE and Harusue KIKUTEI each continued to serve as Sadaijin and Udaijin.
天正13年7月11日_(旧暦)（1585年8月6日）には近衛前久の猶子として関白宣下を受け、同時にこの相論の当事者である二条昭実・近衛信輔、そして菊亭晴季に従一位が授けられ、併せて近衛家に千石、他の摂家に五百石の加増があった（なお、秀吉の左大臣又は右大臣昇進については見送られて引き続き近衛信輔と菊亭晴季が任じられている）。