Muneko accompanied the emperor no matter where he visited as the empress dowager, and she ascended to "Takamikura" (the imperial throne) with the emperor in her arms at his enthronement, when the emperor was just eight months old (in his first year) from his birth on January 4, 1165.
行幸には母后として同輿し、即位式には数え2歳・満8ヶ月の帝（長寛2年11月14日生）を抱いて高御座に登った。