Afterward, it was decided that she became a Saigu of the Hatsuse Kurahashi no miya regardless of her being a widow, however, she suddenly died in the morning of May 6, 678, just the day of her departure.
その後未亡人であったにも関わらず泊瀬倉梯宮の斎宮となることが決定するが、天武天皇7年（678年）、まさに出立の当日4月7日朝に急死。