ɐ ɹˈɛɹ ɹˈɛfɹəns tə hɜːsˈɛlf wʌz ɪn fˈoːɹhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti, wˌɛn ʃiː pɹɪsˈaɪdᵻd ˌoʊvɚɹ ɐ sˈɛɹᵻməni wˌɛɹ ʃiː pˈɜːsənəli fˈɛd mˈʌlbɛɹi lˈiːvz tə sˈɪlkwɜːmz, tə ʃˈoʊ ðɪ ɪmpˈɪɹiəl hˈaʊshoʊldz ɐtˈɛnʃən tə fˈɑːɹmɪŋ.
A rare reference to herself was in 460, when she presided over a ceremony where she personally fed mulberry leaves to silkworms, to show the imperial household's attention to farming.