During the Edo period, Muneko MATSUNOKI (Keihomonin), Emperor Reigen's naishi no suke (a court lady of the first rank), gave birth to a child who would later become Emperor Higashiyama.
また、江戸時代に霊元天皇の典侍となった松木宗子（敬法門院）が東山天皇を生んだ。