Since then she was called Katsura jugo no miya and her rank of seating order was higher than Emperor Komei's Nyogo (a consort of an emperor), the Empress Dowager Eisho (Jugo - same as Jusango - at that time).
以後、桂准后宮と称せられることになり、座次でも孝明天皇女御英照皇太后（当時准后）より上座とされた。