The scene of the final farewell between the father being transferred to the assigned province and the family he was never to see again was one of the most famous scenes in Sarashina Nikki (although he safely returned home later).
高齢で任国へ赴く父との今生の別れの箇所は更級日記の中でも有名なシーンの一つである（実際には無事に生きて戻ってきた）。