Later she moves to the Nijoin residence in order to receive medical treatment, and sometimes mentions that she wants to become a nun, but she dies before Hikaru Genji of an illness without being allowed to become a nun ('Minori').
その後療養のために二条院に移り、時折出家したい心境をもらすこともあったが、最後までそれを許されぬまま、光源氏に先立って病没した（「御法」）。