Before her bridal entry into court, she became the adopted child of Kitsushi SAIONJI (Omiyain) who was a chugu of Emperor Gosaga, and was the birth mother of Emperor Gofukakusa, Emperor Kameyama.
なお入内に際し、叔母にあたり、後嵯峨天皇の中宮で後深草天皇、亀山両天皇の生母である西園寺きつ子（大宮院）の猶子となっている。