The Emperor accompanied the Imperial Princess to go to Nonomiya (the temporary palace for purification) when the Princess was appointed to become Saigu by fortune telling, (there was no other record in the history about an Emperor going to Nonimiya, apart from Emperor Shirakawa) after the Princess resigned from the position of Saigu, she was appointed as Emperor Horikawa's Empress.
内親王が斎宮に卜定された際にも野宮まで行幸し（天皇の野宮行幸はこの白河天皇の例のみである）、斎宮退下の後には堀河天皇の后に立てた。