The Taikenmonin Horikawa (Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan), Jingihaku (one of the government official position in government based on the ritsuryo legal codes) Akinaka's daughter) who served and helped the Nyoin to go to the Temple, was a famous poet and one of her poems was included in "One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets."
女院に仕えて出家の供をした待賢門院堀河（村上源氏、神祇伯顕仲の女）は、『百人一首』に歌を採られるなど、歌人として名高い。