A splendid concert of onnagaku (women's music) is held at Rokujo-in Palace during the New Year's days, and Onna Sannomiya, Murasaki no ue, young lady Akashi, and Akashi no onkata all give a wonderful performance, but Murasaki no ue, in her unlucky age of thirty-seven, suddenly collapses during the night.
年が明け正月に六条院で華やかな女楽が催され、女三宮、紫の上、明石の女御、明石の御方が揃って見事な演奏を披露したが、その晩に37歳の厄年だった紫の上が突然倒れる。