However, on April 10, 995, when her husband Michitaka died of disease, her sons Korechika and Takaie were defeated in a political conflict with their uncle FUJIWARA no Michinaga, and the political power shifted to Michinaga in an instant.
ところが、長徳元年（995）4月10日に夫・道隆が病死すると、息子の伊周と隆家は叔父藤原道長との政争に敗れ、権勢は瞬く間に道長側に移った。