Even after Kangyoin died in 1865, she remained royal to Princess Kazunomiya throughout her life, while being in conflict with Tenshoin or Otoshiyori of O-oku who criticized the princess.
慶応元年（1865年）に観行院が亡くなると、終生、和宮に尽くし、和宮を批判する天璋院や大奥御年寄らと対立した。