Died August 18, 1598, at Fushimi Castle, age 63. Possible causes: (1) colon cancer (records of severe diarrhea and declining health), (2) beriberi, (3) uremia. His final years were marked by erratic judgment—the purge of nephew Hidetsugu and two Korean invasions. Until his last moments, he repeatedly entrusted his son Hideyori to the Five Elders. His body was buried atop Mt. Amidagamine and deified as "Toyokuni Daimyojin."