While she is thought to have put herself under the protection of her father (Emperor Tenmu) (Some say in "Manyoshu" [the oldest anthology of tanka] she became the lawful wife of Takechi), there is no doubt that she remained in a very complicated and awkward situation as the empress in substance of defeated Omi side or as an Imperial princess of the Emperor.
父（天武天皇）の元に身を寄せたと思われる（『万葉集』から高市の正妃となったとする説もある）が、敗北した近江側の実質的な皇后として、また天皇の皇女として依然として大変複雑な辛い立場にあったことは疑いない。