The summer had come, and letters from suitors such as Hotaru Hyobukyo no Miya, Higekuro (The Commander of the Right) and Kashiwagi (The Tale of Genji) came to Tamakazura one after another.
夏になり、玉鬘の下へ兵部卿宮、髭黒右大将、柏木(源氏物語)らから次々と求婚の文が寄せられた。