In addition, Hideyoshi established the supreme organization of the Toyotomi government by appointing the following influential feudal lords as 'Gotairo' (Council of Five Elders): Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, Toshiie MAEDA, Terumoto MORI, Hideie UKITA, and Takakage KOBAYAKAWA (Kagekatsu UESUGI after Takakage's death in 1597).
さらに徳川家康・前田利家・毛利輝元・宇喜多秀家・小早川隆景（慶長2年の隆景没後は、上杉景勝）ら、有力大名を五大老に任じて豊臣政権の最高機関とした。