It was said that Genshiro SHINDO and Gengoemon OYAMA, who were afraid that dissatisfaction by a radical group in Edo, such as Yasube HORIBE, might become stronger, introduced Okaru and recommended that he keep her with him in order to let Kuranosuke quit frequenting red-light district.
堀部安兵衛はじめ江戸急進派の同志たちの不満がこれ以上募ることを恐れた進藤源四郎や小山源五右衛門らが、内蔵助に少しでも廓通いを止めさせるためにこのお軽を紹介して側におかせたという。