After separated from Shonosuke, Yae fearlessly fought saying 'Gun more than sewing,' but finally surrendered the castle after engraving a poem 'Who would see the moon in my familiar sky tomorrow night?' on the castle wall using a Kanzashi (an ornamental hairpin).
尚之助と離別した八重は「裁縫より鉄砲」と果敢に闘うが落城、「あすの夜はいづくの誰かながむらむ馴れにしみ空に残す月影」と城内の壁に簪で刻書した。