When Iemochi left for Kyoto to subjugate the Choshu Domain, he asked Kazunomiya what she would like as a souvenir on his triumphant return and Kazunomiya asked him to get her a Nishijin Brocade.
家茂が長州征討の為に上洛の際、凱旋の土産は何がよいかと問われた和宮は西陣織を所望したという。