The central events are the fiftieth birthday ceremony of Suzakuin (Ichi no In; according to one theory, the father of Emperor Kiritsubo; a different man from Hikaru Genji's older brother), and Fujitsubo's childbirth and investiture of the Empress.
中心となる話題は朱雀院（一の院・一説に桐壺帝の父親。光源氏の兄とは別人）五十歳の祝典、藤壺の出産と立后である。