She first served in the Imperial Court as a Koto no naishi (a court noble lady) and then went to Edo to become a Joro (high rank woman servant in the Imperial Court) by introduction of Uemon no suke no tsubone, a head of O-oku (the inner halls of Edo Castle where the wife of the Shogun and her servants reside) in Jokyo era (1684-1688).
始め宮中に仕え勾当内侍を勤めていたが、大奥「大奥総取締」・右衛門佐局の紹介で貞享年間（1684年-1688年）に江戸へ下向して大奥上臈となる。