The title of this chapter came from a waka poem which was composed by Kaoru when he remembered late Hachi no Miya, 'The oak tree on which I depended, spreading shade does not exist any more, and I will live in emptiness and silence.'
巻名は、薫が故八の宮を偲んで詠んだ和歌「立ち寄らむ陰とたのみし椎が本むなしき床になりにけるかな」に因む。