Soon after their marriage, Iemitsu made Takako move from the inner rooms of the shogun's palace to a residence constructed in the Fukiage Hiroshiba garden (a de facto divorce), and continued to confine her until the time of his death where he gave her a mere fifty Ryo and a number of tea utensils.
結婚後程なくして吹上広芝に建てた屋敷（中ノ丸）へ孝子を大奥から追放同然に移住させて（事実上の離縁）軟禁し続けた挙句、自らの死に際して形見分けとして孝子へ与えたのは、金五十両と幾つかの茶道具等のみであった。