Nevertheless, it is believed that Naosuke II and other leaders of the Nanki group (the group supporting Yoshitomi from the Kisyu-Tokugawa family) were fearful of her actions, because she was the younger sister of the lawful wife of the twelfth shogun, Ieyoshi TOKUGAWA and besides she was from the Imperial family.
しかし、12代将軍徳川家慶の正室の妹であり、宮家出身の彼女の動向は井伊直弼をはじめとする「南紀派」の幕府首脳には恐れられていたらしい。