Reputed to be the most beautiful woman in Japan, Lady Ro was on good terms the wife of FUJIWARA no Kanemasa, the Minister of the Left (who was also the eldest daughter of Kiyomori) and was therefore able to become a high ranking lady and later the mistress of Kanemasa, by whom she had a daughter.
天下第一の美女と評され、左大臣藤原兼雅の妻（清盛の長女）と仲がよかったので上臈女房となり、後に兼雅の妾となって一女を生む。