It is said that Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI cajoled Ginchiyo into coming in the Nagoya-jo Castle to assault her while Muneshige was away due to the Bunroku-Keicho War, but she scented that and got into the Castle guarded by her maids-in-waiting with guns, herself also armed, and thereby, Hideyoshi could not do anything in terror.
宗茂が文禄・慶長の役で不在の間、豊臣秀吉は誾千代を言葉巧みに名護屋城に呼び寄せ手込めにしようとしたが、それを察知した誾千代はお付きの女中に鉄砲を構えさせて護衛させ、また自らも武装をして乗り込んだ為、それに恐れをなした秀吉は手も足も出なかったとされる。