She became a wife of MINAMOTO no Sadami (who later became Emperor Uda) at a young age, and became a koi (a lady in waiting in the court) after the accession of Emperor Uda in 888, and was allowed to use kinjiki (literally, "forbidden colors," seven colors traditionally reserved for the imperial family and nobility).
早くから源定省（のちの宇多天皇）の室となったが、宇多天皇即位後の仁和4年（888年）に更衣(女官)となり禁色を許された。