However, in only three months after she started living in the Imperial palace, her father, Michitaka died, and in addition, her brothers, Korechika and Takaie, lost their power bases in the government, making the influence of the Nakano-kanpaku family lost.
しかし入内からわずか3ヵ月後に父道隆が薨去、さらに翌年兄伊周・隆家も失脚し、中関白家は凋落した。