In the third fall since Kaoru started to visit them, he caught a glimpse of the daughters playing so (a long Japanese zither with thirteen strings) and biwa (a Japanese lute) under the remaining moon at dawn, when he visited the residence of Uji where Hachi no Miya was absent.
通い始めて三年目の秋、八の宮不在の宇治邸を訪れた薫は、有明の月の下で箏と琵琶とを合奏する姫君たちを垣間見る。