After Kazunomiya married with Iemochi, the union of the Imperial Court and the Shogunate was completed, she started her new life living with Otoshiyori, Takiyama, Honjuin (Iesada TOKUGAWA's mother) and Tenshoin in Ooku.
和宮が家茂に降嫁することで公武合体が完成し、和宮は大奥にて御年寄の瀧山、本寿院（徳川家定生母）と天璋院とともに過ごすこととなった。