His foster mother was Sadaijin (Minister of the left), Masahiro TAKATSUKASA's daughter, Ninko Nyogo (a high-ranking lady in the court) (later become Chugu - the second consort of an emperor), Yasuko TAKATSUKASA (Shinsakuheimonin).
養母は左大臣鷹司政凞の娘で仁孝女御（後、中宮）の鷹司祺子（新朔平門院）。