A daughter of Hidetada TOKUGAWA, Tofukumon-in who became the lawful wife of Emperor Gomizunoo was put up as empress from nyogo in 1624, and the empress was revived after the lapse of about 300 years and she was called chugu.
寛永元年（1624年）に至って、徳川秀忠の娘東福門院が後水尾天皇の嫡妻として女御から皇后に立てられて、約300年ぶりに皇后が復活したが、このときの呼称は中宮であった。