She is sometimes said to have been an evil millionairess and a bad wife, but her ability surely supported the shogunate's finances, so we might have to consider that her bad reputation has been influnced by the tendency of later generations to have come to look down on women and merchant activities.
巨万の富を築いた悪女・悪妻と評される事もあるが、その手腕で幕府財政を支えていたのは確かであり後世の女性蔑視・商業蔑視の影響を差し引いて考える必要があるだろう。