The origin of the mother of Kanshi was uncertain, and it was to her disadvantage in the aristocratic society that she was born from a lady of low birth when the social standing of a mother was greatly stressed at that time, but she was a daughter whom Yorimichi had longed for for a long time.
寛子の母祇子は素性がはっきりせず、母方の血統を重んじた当時身分低い女性から生まれたことは貴族社会において不利であったが、子女に恵まれなかった頼通にとっては待ちに待った娘であった。