After Genji passes away, she disappears from the story except one last time when she is said to have been guarding the princes and princesses of Empress Akashi (in 'Niou Miya' (His Perfumed Highness)).
源氏が没した後は、明石中宮腹の皇子女たちの後見をしていたと語られる（「匂宮」）のを最後に、物語から姿を消す。