It was also called Higashi Shichijo no Miya (lit. Palace the seventh jo on the east side) according to the jo-bo system of naming sections of the city, and is also known as the palace of Emperor Uda's wife FUJIWARA no Onshi.
条坊制による区画名により東七条宮とも称し、宇多天皇の中宮藤原温子の御所としても知られる。