Her attitude at the Siege of Osaka that she did not let Hideyori go to the castle and she herself controlled and urged the soldiers to fight more vigorously frequently became a target of criticism, but it was not rare for women to go to the battle field during that era (however, it might have been a problem that the supreme commander never stood at the front of the battle).
大坂の陣の際、秀頼を城に出さずに自らが兵士の所に赴き督戦したことがよく批判の対象となるが、この時代に女性が戦場に登場するのは珍しいことではなかった（とはいえただの一度も総大将が前線に出なかった事は確かに問題である）。