She was an Imperial princess of Emperor Richu or a princess of Prince Ichinobe no Oshihano and after the death of the twenty-second Emperor Seinei she is said to have addressed affairs of state temporarily.
履中天皇の皇女、または市辺押磐皇子の王女で、第22代清寧天皇の崩御後に一時政を執ったとされる。