Although, she was sent to Edo (current Tokyo) as a hostage, together with her mother-in-low Hoshu-in during the Battle of Sekigahara, but later she was released to her husband, Toshinaga.
関ヶ原の戦いでは姑の芳春院とともに江戸に人質として送り込まれかけるが、後に利長の元に返された。