She is particularly famous for her affair with daimyō Date Tsunamune; some time after her death, her story would be featured in kabuki (in the play Meiboku Sendai Hagi), in song and literature, though much of it would be fabricated and fictionalized.
[2] According to the tale, Date Tsunamune, the young daimyō of Mutsu, visited Yoshiwara Red Light District as the result of a dispute involving family politics.
While based to a great extent on fact, there are a number of historical inaccuracies, the greatest of which is Takao's death at Tsunamune's hand.
The most complete account of her life, Takabyōbu kuda monogatari ("Tales of Grumbling Otokodate", 1660), adds that several of Takao's former suitors held a memorial for her and bought a tombstone, but they were criticized for not showing her the same devotion during her final illness.
[4] Another key inaccuracy in the tale involves Tsunamune, whose family members did attempt to unseat him, but who had already given up his position by the time of their encounter.