A bamboo shoot was sent to Onna Sannomiya (the Third Princess) by Emperor Suzaku, who lamented a series of misfortunes happening to his daughters such as Onna Sannomiya's becoming a nun, the death of Ochiba no miya's husband.
女三宮の出家、落葉の宮の夫の死と、相次ぐ姫宮たちの不幸を嘆く朱雀帝から、女三宮のところに筍が贈られてきた。