However, the legally wedded wives of Sessho or Kanpaku were called 'Kitano Mandokoro' for generations, and it also happened that a number of Kitano Mandokoro existed at the same time.
しかしそれでも歴代の摂政関白の正室は多くが「北政所」と呼ばれており、かつては同時期に何人もの北政所が存在することさえあった。