At that time, she met Kaoru INOUE at the "Uoshina" tea house located at Nawate-dori Street (which was later moved to kiritoshi, but does not remain now), and it is said that, when his life was being threatened, she gave him a mirror as her substitute.
当時、縄手通にあったお茶屋『魚品』（うおしな、後に切通しに移転し、現存せず）で井上馨と出会い、彼が命を狙われていたとき、自分の身代わりとして鏡を渡したといわれる。