She served as Saigu (vestal virgin princess serving at Ise-jingu Shrine), later became Junbo (Emperor's stepmother) and Empress of Emperor Antoku and Emperor Gotoba, and was a nyoin (a close female relative of the Emperor or a woman of comparable standing).
斎宮、のち安徳天皇・後鳥羽天皇の准母・皇后、女院。