In their day they were said to have been the most handsome couple in Japan, but their relations were not always harmonious; it is said that when Gracia became a Christian directly after the release of Hideyoshi's edicts prohibiting Christianity, he flew into a rage, sliced off the nose of her maid-in-waiting and forced Tama into converting back.
二人は当代第一の美男美女夫婦といわれたが、玉が秀吉の禁教令発布直後にキリシタンになったとき、これに激怒して侍女の鼻をそぎ、さらに玉を脅迫して改宗を迫ったと言われている。