Some suggested that she had got involved in the promulgation of Shorui Awaremi no rei (the law prohibiting cruelty to animals) by Tsunayoshi, who had no sons, because Ryoken she had faith in introduced Takamitsu.
男子の生まれない綱吉に対し、帰依していた亮賢に僧の隆光を紹介され生類憐みの令発令に関わったという説があった。