Then it was decided for her to live in Kasuga Saigu for a while to use as a Nonomiya (a temporary palace to live in order to purify oneself, before serving at a shrine) to purify herself before she left for Ise Province.
そして伊勢国への下向に先立ち、潔斎のためしばらくこもる野宮として春日斎宮に住まう事になった。