Lack of Sento Gosho (palace for retired emperors) had been delaying the abdication of Emperor Ogimachi, but its construction was completed by Hideyoshi, so that he had to be rewarded for this achievement.
だが、正親町天皇の譲位を控えて長年譲位の妨げになってきた譲位後の仙洞御所も秀吉の手で完成の運びとなり、その論功行賞の必要も生じた。