Her father, FUJIWARA no Tametoki, obtained employment as a reader in Togu (the palace of the Crown Prince) while in his thirties, and when the Crown Prince became Emperor Kazan he was promoted to the post of kurodo (Chamberlain) and then to Shikibutaijo; however, when the Emperor became a priest, he lost his job.
父・藤原為時は30代に東宮の読書役を始めとして、東宮が花山天皇になると蔵人、式部大丞と出世したが、花山天皇が出家すると失職した。