It is said that in her later years she lived around Higashiyama Tsukinowa, where her deceased father Motosuke's mountain villa was located, and that she kept in touch with old friends in the Imperial Court such as FUJIWARA no Kinto and the court ladies who had served the Empress FUJIWARA no Shoshi, such as Izumi Shikibu and Akazome-emon.
晩年は亡父元輔の山荘があった東山月輪の辺りに住み、藤原公任ら宮廷の旧識や和泉式部・赤染衛門ら中宮藤原彰子付の女房とも消息を交わしていたらしい。