One summer day, Genji invites Yugiri and other young courtiers and ridicules the bad taste and inelegance of Omi no Kimi, a daughter newly discovered by the Palace Minister, and after that he visits Tamakazura's place where pinks (tokonatsu) are blooming in riotous profusion.
夏のある日、源氏は夕霧(源氏物語)や若公達を招き、内大臣が最近引取った娘近江の君の悪趣味、無風流を揶揄し、その後撫子（常夏）の咲乱れる御殿に玉鬘を訪ねるのだった。