According to Gyokuyo (the Diary of Kanezane KUJO), the article on the thirteenth in the New Year of the same year, attempts were made to get Tokuko to enter Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa's inner palace; Tokuko was strongly opposed to this, however, as she wished to become a nun.
『玉葉』同年正月13日の条によると、徳子を後白河法皇の後宮に入れようという策があり、清盛も承知したが、徳子がこれを強く拒み出家を願ったという。