After her mother, the Empress Genshi, died, she was brought up by Yorimichi and was conferred in November 1040 the title of Jugo (honorable title next to three empresses) at the same time during the ceremony of chakko (first-time wearing of hakama).
母后嫄子の死後は頼通に養育され、長久元年（1040年）10月に着袴と共に准后。