After Fuhito died, Komyoshi was enthroned as the Empress Komyo with the help of Fujiwara four brothers, the sons of Fuhito, and became the first subject who turned into an empress.
光明子は不比等の死後、不比等の息子の藤原四兄弟の力によって光明皇后となり初の人臣皇后の例となった。