With only a side glance at the trouble around her, Kitsushi, who became the empress dowager for two generations, gained reverence both internally and externally, also due to the support from her own birth family, the Saionji family.
こうした周囲の混乱を横目に2代の天皇の国母となった姞子は、実家である西園寺家の支援もあり内外の崇敬を得た。