Her father was Hisatada KUJO (1798-1871), Kanpaku (chief advisor to the Emperor) and Minister of the Left, and her mother was Sugayama, a daughter of Choi MINAMIOJI of the Kamo clan, founders of Kamo-jinja Shrine.
父は関白左大臣九条尚忠（1798年-1871年）、母は賀茂神社氏人・南大路長尹の娘菅山。