It is said that on her way home, Yokobue cut her finger and wrote in blood the following elegy on a stone, hoping that Tokiyori would know her feelings: Deep in the mountains, Feel restless and visit a shack, Hope the gate will guide me, To the true path.
横笛は都へ帰る途中、自分の気持ちを伝えたく、近くの石に「山深み思い入りぬる柴の戸のまことの道に我を導け」と指を斬り、その血で書き記したという。