In a well-known episode in the chapter 'Hotaru,' he was tricked by Genji to see bewitching Tamakazura, with whom he kept communicating by mail, but his love for her was lost because Higekuro married Tamakazura.
「蛍」で源氏の悪戯により玉鬘の艶やかな姿を目の当たりにした逸話は有名で、その後も文を取り交わしていたが、髭黒に奪われ思いは叶わなかった。