In the story, she is called saigu no nyogo (a high-ranking lady in the court (a consort of an emperor))because she was a former saigu (Imperial Princess appointed to serve the deities of the Ise-jingu Shrine) or umetsubo no tsubone because she used Gyokasha (one of the shichiden gosha (literally, seven palaces and five houses) which was also called Umetsubo) as her living quarters.
作中では前斎宮であることから斎宮女御（さいぐうのにょうご）、また凝花舎を局としたことから梅壺女御（うめつぼのにょうご）とも呼ばれる。