After that, Neishi was treated as empress dowager, and acquired the empress position of the Retired Emperor Gofushimi (hereinafter, Neishi was referred to as Kogimonin in this section).
これにより寧子は国母待遇となり、後伏見上皇の本后の地位を得た（以下、本項では寧子を広義門院と呼ぶ）。