In reality, she was the ruler of ooku in the latter half of Iemitsu's era and, reportedly, she reported to the shogun failure of officials when building a new palace in all particular and she held a sarugaku (Noh) performance in ooku over opposition of officers of the bakufu.
実際には家光時代後期の大奥の支配者であり、新御殿造営時の役人の不手際を将軍に逐一報告したり、幕閣の反対を押し切って大奥にて猿楽（能）を催したりしたとされる。