According to "Hagakure" (the record of the Nabeshima domain), Naoshige, who was watching everything, was consumed with the desire 'to marry such a quick-witted woman.'
「葉隠」によれば、この一部始終を眺めていた直茂は、「あのような機転の利く女房を妻にしたい」と思い込んだ。