While she avoided Hideyoshi even at the risk of death, Hideyoshi is thought to have felt passionate affection for her; he tried to somehow save the lives of both mother and children during both the surrender of the Odani-jo Castle and the surrender of the castle in Shizugatake.
死を賭してまで秀吉を避けた理由としては、ただし、秀吉は彼女に熱烈な好意を抱いていたとされ、小谷落城の際も賤ヶ岳落城の際にも母子の生命を何とか救おうとしていた。