Hideyoshi, who had given up having his own biological child become his successor, designated his adopted son, Hidetsugu TOYOTOMI (Hideyoshi's nephew) to be his successor, and executed Hidetsugu and his family on suspicion of a rebellion in 1595.
秀吉はすでに実子の誕生をあきらめて、養子の豊臣秀次（秀吉の甥）を後継者に指名していたが、文禄4年（1595年）に謀反の容疑で秀次およびその一族を全て処刑した。