As Hoin continues the memorial service in the evening, a woman in a purple silk outfit and red Oguchibakama (a wide-sleeved hakama, a pleated and divided skirt made in fine stripes) appears and answers, 'I am ashamed to appear' to Hoin's question, 'Are you Murasaki Shikibu?'
夜もふけてなお法印たちが供養をおこなっていると、紫の長絹（衣）に緋の大口（袴）姿の女性があらわれ、法印の「紫式部にましますか」という問いに「恥ずかしながらあらわれました」と答える。