Then OKUBO "Sado no kami" (a lord of the Karasuyama Domain in Shimotsuke Province, which was rated at thirty thousand koku) fell in love at first sight with Kinu, and Gentatsu KUROSAWA (a doctor lived in Nihombashi [Chuo Ward, Tokyo]) acted as proxy parents of Kinu so that Kinu can become a concubine of the Okubo family, changing her name as Hanayo.
そのとき、大久保佐渡守（下野国那須郡烏山藩三万石城主）に見初められ、黒沢玄達（日本橋(東京都中央区)の医者）を仮親とし、大久保家の御部屋様（側室）となり、名を花代と改めた。