With this, the Saionji family established their precedent of producing Empresses, and in addition, used this as the impetus to forge close ties between the Jimyoin imperial lineage (the genealogy beginning with Emperor Gofukakusa) and the bakufu.
以後、西園寺家から中宮を出す慣例の先駆となるとともに、持明院統（後深草天皇の系譜）が幕府と近い関係を持つきっかけとなった。