Some people assert that this is collateral evidence proving the fact that Ukifune, who was brought up in the eastern region of Japan as a daughter of zuryo (provincial governor) and didn't acquire the knowledge of music, was played down by them as a country-bred woman with no courtly culture and hobbies (however, there were a lot of waka poems composed by her).
これは東育ちの受領の子で音楽の嗜みもない浮舟が、二人から宮廷的な教養と趣味を身につけていない田舎者として見下され軽んじられていたことの傍証であるとの見方がある（ただし浮舟自身が詠んだ和歌は多い）。