Noh-jiutai, (Noh chorus) sings Utai (a song) containing the volume titles of the Tale of Genji in order, such as 'To being with, the smoke of Kiritsubo (the Paulownia Court) quickly rose to the sky over Hossho last night, and words of Hahakigi (the Broom Tree) in the evening...,' and Murasaki Shikibu dances to the music.
能地謡が「そもそも桐壺の、ゆふべの煙速やかに、法性の空に至り、帚木の夜の言の葉は…」と源氏物語の巻名を順に読み込んだ謡を歌い、紫式部はこれにあわせて舞う。