Editing Toyotomi Hideyoshi (section)

== Death ==
[[File:Houkokubyo.jpg|thumb|Houkokubyo (Mausoleum of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) [[Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto|Higashiyama-ku]], [[Kyoto]]]]
Toyotomi Hideyoshi died at [[Fushimi Castle]] on September 18, 1598 ([[Keichō]] 3, 18th day of the 8th month). His last words, delivered to his closest ''daimyō'' and generals, were "I depend upon you for everything. I have no other thoughts to leave behind. It is sad to part from you." His death was kept secret by the [[Council of Five Elders]] to preserve morale, and they ordered Japanese forces in [[Korea]] to return to Japan.

According to the ''Tokugawa Jikki'' record, Hideyoshi held a secret meeting with [[Koide Hidemasa]] and [[Katagiri Katsumoto]] where he shared his regret of launching invasions of Korea. Hideyoshi also instructed Hidemasa and Katsumoto to guide Hideyori into making an alliance with Ieyasu, as he predicted the power of the [[Tokugawa clan]] would grow unchecked after his death, and the only solution for the Toyotomi clan to survive was to not oppose Ieyasu.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Hamada Koichiro; [[University of Hyogo]], [[Himeji Dokkyo University]] |title=どうする家康」豊臣秀吉が抱いていた豊臣家滅亡を回避する "秘策" とは |trans-title="What should Ieyasu do?" What is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's "secret plan" to avoid the destruction of the Toyotomi family? |url=https://sengoku-his.com/2111 |access-date=May 27, 2024 |language=Ja |date=2023}}</ref>

After Hideyoshi's death, the other members of the Council of Five Elders were unable to keep Ieyasu's ambitions in check. Two of Hideyoshi's [[Seven Spears of Shizugatake|top generals]], [[Katō Kiyomasa]] and [[Fukushima Masanori]], had fought bravely during the war but returned to find the [[Toyotomi clan]] [[castellan]] [[Ishida Mitsunari]] in power. He held the generals in contempt, and they sided with Ieyasu. Hideyori lost the power his father once held, and Ieyasu's power was consolidated when his Eastern Army defeated the Mitsunari's Western Army at the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in 1600. Ieyasu, who was appointed as a [[shogun]] in 1603 and established the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], attacked [[Osaka Castle]] twice in 1614 and 1615 (the [[Siege of Osaka]]), forcing Hideyoshi's concubine [[Yodo-dono]] and Hideyori to commit suicide, destroying the [[Toyotomi clan]].<ref name="sekigahara">{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.go.jp/exhibition/digital/ieyasu/contents3_01/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108090341/https://www.archives.go.jp/exhibition/digital/ieyasu/contents3_01/|script-title=ja:関ヶ原の戦い|language=ja|publisher=[[National Archives of Japan]]|date=|archive-date=January 8, 2023|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref><ref name="osakajk">{{cite web|url=https://japanknowledge.com/introduction/keyword.html?i=63|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204220601/https://japanknowledge.com/introduction/keyword.html?i=63|script-title=ja:大坂の陣|language=ja|website=Japan Knowledge|archive-date=February 4, 2023|access-date=March 7, 2024}}</ref>

It is now believed that Hideyoshi's loss of all his adult heirs, leaving only the five-year-old Hideyori as his successor, was the primary reason for the weakening of the Toyotomi regime and its eventual downfall.<ref name="jk270323">{{cite web|url=https://japanknowledge.com/introduction/keyword.html?i=67|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327064223/https://japanknowledge.com/introduction/keyword.html?i=67|script-title=ja:豊臣秀次|language=ja|publisher=Japan Knowledge|date=|archive-date=March 27, 2023|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref><ref name="toyo220516">{{cite web|url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/117781?page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421180805/https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/117781?page=3|script-title=ja:新説!豊臣家を滅ぼした｢組織運営｣の大失敗|language=ja|publisher=Toyo Keizai|date=May 22, 2016|archive-date=April 21, 2021|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref><ref name="yh100324">{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/cf674ebf35996045d03fcb26aab8ae4fd833e8df|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310115834/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/cf674ebf35996045d03fcb26aab8ae4fd833e8df|script-title=ja:どうして豊臣政権は短命だったのか?存続のカギは弟・豊臣秀長が握っていた|language=ja|publisher=Yahoo News|date=September 1, 2023|archive-date=March 10, 2024|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref>