She exhibited her political capability as the empress dowager (kokumo (mother of the Emperor)) equivalent to the position of Daijo Tenno (the retired Emperor) after the crown prince celebrated his coming of age and became the emperor such as to help the former saigu (later, Akikonomu chugu) enter the court of Emperor Reizei.
東宮が元服し帝となった後は太上天皇に准ずる母后（国母）として、前斎宮（後の秋好中宮）の冷泉帝入内に協力したりと政治手腕を発揮する。