However, he did not frequently interact with his wife and after Ukifune's death, he passed his days discontented, thinking about Onna Ichinomiya, daughter of the current emperor (her mother was Akashi Chugu).
しかし妻とあまり接することはなく、浮舟亡き後は今上帝の女一宮（母は明石中宮）を思って悶々と過ごしている。