Also, he had a relationship with Ukifune (A Drifting Boat), Naka no Kimi's younger sister by a different mother, pretending to be Kaoru, although he knew that she was Kaoru's lover, and it caused her to commit suicide by throwing herself into the water after she agonized. ('Ukifune').
また、中の君の異母妹浮舟(源氏物語)が薫の恋人と知りながら、薫になりすまして契りを結び、彼女が苦悩の末入水を図る原因となった（「浮舟」）。