Kinkuni had already died, however, so she had no choice but to become a sister of Kinkuni's son Saneeda SANJONISHI instead; with this she was now qualified, as a full member of the aristocratic Sanjonishi family, to visit the palace, and succeeded in having an audience with Emperor Gomizunoo and with the Chugu (the second consort of an emperor) Kazuko TOKUGAWA, and was subsequently awarded the name 'Kasuga no Tsubone' and given the Junior Third Rank at court, and moreover was honored with tempai (sake given by the Emperor).
が、既に他界していたため、やむをえずその息子三条西実条と猷妹の縁組をし、公卿三条西家の娘として参内する資格を得、後水尾天皇や中宮徳川和子に拝謁、また従三位の位と「春日局」の称号、および天杯をも賜る。