In the volume of "Aoi," she came across the gissha (ox-drawn carriage) of Aoi no ue (Lady Aoi), who was the legitimate wife of Genji and suffering from morning sickness, at the viewing of the purification ceremony for the Itsukinomiya at Kamo-gawa River during the Kamo Matsuri festival (Aoi Matsuri festival, in the middle of the Day of Cock in April) and received humiliating treatment by Aoi's servants in securing a place.
「葵」の巻では、賀茂祭（葵祭、4月(旧暦)の中の酉の日）の加茂川での斎院御禊見物の折に、つわり中の源氏の正妻葵の上の牛車と鉢合わせし、場所争いで葵の上方の下人に恥辱的な仕打ちを受けた。