One of the biggest events during the relegation to Izu for Yoritomo was falling in love with Masako. Hojo Tokimasa, her father, was so angry when he found out that his daughter and Yoritomo fell in love and wanted to marry. Because Yoritomo had freedom but he was a criminal, and Masako got away from her fiancé to marry him. However, Tokimasa gradually started understanding Yoritomo’s political intelligence, so he changed his mind and accepted his daughter’s marriage. But, why is Masako counted as one of the ‘Japanese top 3 evil women’ today? There are two huge reasons. First, Masako never allowed Yoritomo to have his 2nd or 3rd wife, even though there was a custom of polygamy during this era. One time, Yoritomo had an affair with Kamenomae when she was pregnant with her 2nd child, so she ordered her stepmother’s father to destroy Kamenomae’s mansion. She was somehow safe but never came back to Yoritomo after this incident. Moreover, Masako wasn’t satisfied with this result, so she punished Kamenomae’s other lover to face relegation at Toonoe, just like how her husband Yoritomo who went through the same thing. His close associates were all surprised that his wife was getting the political power from her husband and father. No one refused to her orders after this incident, because they all did not want to face relegation. Later on, everybody realized that her jealousy made Genji end up with only 3 generations. She got 4 children in total between Yoritomo but realized it wasn’t enough to continue Genji’s power for the next 100 years ahead as they wanted. Second, after Kamakura Shogunate was established, Genji was almost gone due to only having 4 children, therefore, her family (= Hojo family and relatives) held the power, then controlled the rest of Genji’s samurais and servants. In 1221, at Jokyunoran, she made a very strong speech and encouraged the rest of Genji’s. After Hojo got a victory at this war, she ordered relegation again. This time she ordered it to Go Toba Retired Emperor. Can you imagine how rude this punishment was? A politician’s wife ordered relegation to a retired emperor (loyal family). These activities emphasized her as an ‘Evil wife’ forever among the citizens.