The Cloistered Emperor had no children with any of the officially recognized empresses after he became a priest, but he did have children with Nakatsukasa (who was the daughter of the emperor's wet nurse) and her daughter TAIRA no Hirako, both of whom he had simultaneously fallen in love with; the general public called Prince Kiyohito (Nakatsukasa's son) 'Oya bara no miya' (literally, "prince of the mother's womb) and Prince Akinori (Hirako's son) 'Musume bara no miya' (literally, "prince of the daughter's womb).
正式な后妃との間に子はなく、出家後、乳母子の中務とその娘平平子を同時に寵愛して子を産ませたため、世の人は中務の腹に儲けた清仁親王を「母腹宮」、平子の腹に儲けた昭登親王を「女腹宮」と称した。