She becomes a lover of Genji, having been introduced by Taifu no Myobu (wife of a government official), but she is an ugly, thin woman whose nose is as long as an elephant's, and the tip of her nose is red.
大輔の命婦の手引きで源氏の愛人となるが、酷く痩せていて鼻が象の様に長く、鼻先が赤い醜女。