Due to Yugiri's very honest personality, he does not commit the same sin his father Genji did, but when he catches a glimpse of Murasaki no ue on her deathbed, he expresses great admiration for her beauty even in death ('Minori' (The Rites)), wishing that she would have lived longer after Genji died. ('Nioumiya')
夕霧の生真面目な性格から父源氏のような過ちは起こらなかったものの、紫の上臨終後に再び垣間見た際には、その死に顔すら類なく美しいと絶賛し（「御法」）、源氏亡き後まで彼女が存命であればと惜しんでいる（「匂宮」）。