Although Tokuko ashamed her appearance after she fell on hard times, she met with the Cloistered Emperor in tears, and said, 'I was born as a daughter of the Grand Minister, TAIRA no Kiyomori, and once called the mother of the Emperor, I thought my days in glory would even reach heaven, but soon after Yoshinaka KISO's attack, I had to leave Kyoto and I was feeling sad missing Kyoto.
徳子は落魄した身を恥じらいながらも、泣く泣く法皇と対面して、「太政大臣清盛の娘と生まれ、国母となり、わたしの栄耀栄華は天上界にも及ぶまいと思っていましたが、やがて木曾義仲に攻められて都落ちし京を懐かしみ悲しみました。