FUJIWARA no Sadakata, Sanjo Udaijin (Sanjo minister of the right), and FUJIWARA no Kanesuke, Tsutsumi Chunagon (vice-councilor of state), were her paternal great grandfathers, and she had many relatives who were known as talented writers.
三条右大臣藤原定方、堤中納言藤原兼輔はともに父方の曽祖父で、一族には文辞を以って聞こえた人が多い。