In May 990, with her father Michitaka assuming the Sessho (or regency) and the leadership of the clan when his grandfather FUJIWARA no Kaneie died, the family entered a golden period.
同じ年の5月には、父・道隆が祖父藤原兼家の亡き後を継いで摂政・氏長者に就任しており、道隆一族は輝かしい栄華を謳歌した。