In January 1045 she was given the title of Jusangu (the highest rank of nobility after the Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress) and on February 11 of the same year she retired from her office at the age of seventeen, with Emperor Gosuzaku's abdication.
寛徳2年（1045年）1月准三宮、同16日、後朱雀天皇譲位により17歳で退下。