As Otose originally liked taking care of people, she voluntarily protected soldiers who had the thought of Sonno Joi (reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners) such as Ryoma SAKAMOTO from the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), although the bakufu wanted to expel them.
人の世話をすることが大好きだったことから、坂本龍馬をはじめとする幕府から睨まれていた尊皇攘夷派の志士たちを保護した。