One day, when Genji took Yugao to the lonely residence (called Nanigashi no In, said to have been modeled after MINAMOTO no Toru's old residence Rokujo Kawara no In) for a secret meeting, but he saw a spirit of a woman (some people claim that the spirit was Rokujo no Miyasudokoro, but it is not certain) complaining about him.
あるとき、逢引の舞台として寂れた某院（なにがしのいん、源融の旧邸六条河原院がモデルとされる）に夕顔を連れ込んだ源氏であったが、深夜に女性の霊（六条御息所とも言われるが不明）が現れて恨み言を言う怪異にあう。