However, taking her in marriage met strong opposition from the inside and outside of the Imperial household, because she was neither from the Imperial family nor from the peerage despite being a daughter of a wealthy person (She comes from a long line of samurai class with a forefather Hayato IKUTA, a retainer of Yoshishige NITTA).
しかし彼女が資産家の令嬢とはいえ皇族・華族出身ではない（新田義重の家臣生田隼人を遠祖とする士分の家系である）ことから、皇室内外から猛反対を受けた。