After the death of her father, she became the second wife of Tono Chujo (Shosho - Major General - in that time), and bore him a daughter (later known as Tamakazura), but she disappeared out of fear of the lawful wife's jealousy.
父の死後、頭中将（当時は少将）の第二夫人となって一女（後の玉鬘(源氏物語)）をもうけるが、本妻の嫉妬を恐れて姿を消した。