When Hoin arrived at Ishiyama-dera Temple and was doing Eko (Buddhist memorial service, prayers for the repose of the soul), Murasaki Shikibu appeared in an ante mortem figure, danced to music including the chapter names from the Tale of Genji, and said that she was actually an incarnation of Kanzeon Bosatsu (the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy).
法印が石山寺に到着し回向をしていると、紫式部が生前の姿であらわれ源氏物語の巻名を読み込んだ謡にあわせて舞い、実は式部は観世音菩薩の化身であったとあかされる。