She was born in the Edo period as a daughter of Takamatsunomiya Imperial Prince Yoshihito who was Emperor Gomizunoo's son and became a nyogo (a consort of an emperor) of Emperor Gosai.
江戸時代、後水尾天皇皇子の高松宮好仁親王王女として生まれ、後西天皇女御となる。