Hiroko was the person in paramount authority in Edo Castle in those days, but the cabinet officials of the Shogunate and fudai were very surprised at her appointment of Yoshimune.
熙子は当時の江戸城内の最高権力者であったが、彼女が吉宗を指名したことに幕閣や譜代門閥は驚嘆した。