Because of this, she deeply grieved when Emperor Horikawa passed away young, and spent the rest of her life praying to Buddha for the happiness of her dead husband at Horilkawain where the emperor demised, after becoming a Buddhist nun.
それだけに堀河天皇が若くして崩御した際は深く悲しみ、出家後も天皇の崩御した堀河院でその菩提を弔う余生を全うした。