Accordingly, Hidetsugu was adopted by Hideyoshi in December and was given TOYOTOMI cognomen as a successor of Hideyoshi in January of the next year, and was passed over for the post of Kanpaku.
そのため、11月に秀吉の養子となり、12月には秀吉の後継者として、豊臣姓を贈られ、関白職を譲られた。