She also persuaded the Tokugawa shogunate, who refused to accept Emperor Gosai's enthronement immediately after his older brother, Emperor Gokomyo died. (due to Emperor Gosai being a second cousin of Tsunamune DATE of the Sendai Domain.)
また、後光明天皇の崩御直後にその弟の後西天皇の即位を渋る（後西天皇が仙台藩伊達綱宗の従兄弟であったため）幕府を説得して即位を実現させたのも彼女の尽力によるとされる。