However, his power declined barely enough to maintain only Bungo Province as a daimyo led by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI in his later years after being defeated by Yoshihisa SHIMAZU when the 'Christian Kingdom' was about to be built.
しかし「キリシタン王国」建設間近で島津義久に敗れ、晩年には豊臣秀吉の傘下の一大名に甘んじて豊後1国を維持するのがやっとというほどまでに衰退した。