She was decided to be the Saiin by fortunetelling in March 1073, but her father passed away in May of the same year, and she retired after incumbency of two months, which is the shortest of all Saiins in the history.
同5年（1073年）3月斎院に卜定されたが、同年5月に父上皇が崩御、在任2ヶ月という歴代斎院中最短で退下した。