She was already extremely well known as a woman of great beauty in those days and after her lord, Yukinaga KONISHI was defeated in the Battle of Sekigahara and decapitated together with Mitsunari ISHIDA at Rokujo-gawara, Kyoto City, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, who had instantly liked her incomparable beauty and intelligence, took her to the O-oku of Sunpu-jo Castle, and since then, she directly served Ieyasu as a waiting woman and was much loved by him.
当時より既に絶世の美女として世にはなはだ名高く、主君行長が関ヶ原の戦いに敗れて、石田三成とともに京六条河原で斬首された後、おたあの類稀な美貌と才気を見初めた徳川家康によって駿府城の大奥に身柄を召し上げられ、家康付きの侍女として側近く仕え、家康の深い寵愛を大いに受けた。