When she divorced Tadateru, she was still in her early twenties and her father, Masamune, and her mother, Yoshihime, concerning about their beloved Irohahime, allegedly asked her to remarry, but she kept refusing.
彼女が忠輝と離婚した時は20歳代前半の若さであり、父政宗や母愛姫は愛娘の五郎八姫を心配し再婚を持ちかけたが、五郎八姫は断り続けていたといわれている。