It is a copy of the Confucian Analects printed on the orders of Emperor Go-Y zei. Ieyasu is appointed as Hideyori's guardian until he comes of age and can rule on his own. September 1598 Hideyoshi dies at the age of sixty-three. Hideyori is now 5 years old. Early 1599 Charges are brought against Ieyasu that he is arranging marriages for political ends, contrary to his pledge to support Hideyori.
War is averted when the charges are retracted.
An unsuccessful assassination attempt, prompted by Ishida Mitsunari, is made on Ieyasu as he goes to saka castle with Hideyori. Another unsuccessful assassination attempt is made against Ieyasu by Ishida Mitsunari. Ieyasu moves to saka castle and appoints his son Hideyoshi as warden of Fushimi castle. He also appoints his other son, Toshinaga, to the Council of Regency to replace Maeda Toshiie, who had just died. May 1600 Uesugi Kagekatsu begins preparations to attack Ieyasu from his fief in Aizu, to which he had recently retired.