Shigeko was Empress during this period, however, she became Kenshunmon in after receiving an Ingo senge (a high rank given to the Empress orJunbo equivalent to the rank of retired emperor) when Goshirakawa became a priest.
滋子は皇太后となっていたが後白河の出家にともない、院号宣下を受けて建春門院となった。