She went down to Ise-jingu Shrine at the age of thirty with the itsukinomiya ("Sakaki") after a fond final farewell to Genji, who visited her in the nonomiya on September 7 (old calendar).
9月7日(旧暦)に野宮に訪ねてきた源氏と最後の別れを惜しんだ後、斎宮と共に30歳で伊勢神宮に下った（「賢木」）。