One tradition about her selection as wet nurse to the Tokugawa family holds that the governor-general of Kyoto, Katsushige ITAKURA, posted a general public advertisement about the open position, and it was in response to this that she was selected.
徳川将軍家の乳母に登用された経緯には、京都所司代板倉勝重が一般公募した話などが伝えられる。