After she was granted a special pardon and discharged from prison at the age of 40 in 1903, she played herself with her own career on koza (the stage on which a rakugo storyteller sits) of yose (storyteller theater) and other stages.
40歳の明治36年（1903年）、特赦に浴し出獄、寄席の高座や舞台に立って自らの経歴を演じた。