Her father is MINAMOTO no Masatada, Chuin (the house located outside of "Naiin") Dainagon (Major Counselor), her mother Dainagon Naishi no suke (Secretary of major councilor) (a daughter of Takachika SHIJO), and her aunt Shikikenmonin no mikushige (poet).
父は中院大納言源雅忠、母は大納言典侍（四条隆親の娘）、叔母に式乾門院御匣（歌人）がいる。