Among the fifty-four chapters of "The Tale of Genji", he appears in the forty-fifth chapter 'Hashihime' (The Maiden of the Bridge), and passes away in the forty-sixth chapter 'Shigamoto' (Beneath the Oak).
『源氏物語』五十四帖中、第四十五帖「橋姫」で登場し、第四十六帖「椎本」で死去する。