She became a female lord and defended her small castle called Fujishiro-kan (藤代館) to raise her son.
For her courageous actions, she received the name ''Gozen'', a Japanese term that means "young lady" and generally applied to women of the warrior class.
However, Tamenobu refused to give up and sent in soldiers to try to take her by force, but she took up weapons together with her servants and fought back.
Due to Tsugaru's large number of troops, Fujishiro eventually died in battle.
[2] After her death, Tamenobu was so scared of this curse that it is believed he chose to build his own grave on top of hers.