Genji falls in love with her at first sight because she looks exactly like Fujitsubo even though she is young, and once he learns that she was a niece of Fujitsubo, he becomes increasingly attached to her.
このとき源氏は、幼いながらもその藤壺と生き写しの容姿に一目で惹かれ、さらに藤壺の姪であることを知り執着をもつようになる。