On the other hand, in "Last Shogun" written by Ryotaro SHIBA, she was described as a senior lady-in-waiting (called Otoshiyori) serving Mikako ICHIJO, who was the lawful wife of Yoshinobu, at the time in the midst of a struggle for the succession of the fourteenth Shogun.
また、司馬遼太郎の『最後の将軍』では、14代将軍継嗣問題の渦中にあった頃、慶喜の正室一条美賀子の老女（御年寄）とされている。