Higekuro, who is deeply in love with Tamakazura, pays no attention to his wife and children, so his father-in-law Shikibukyo no Miya (the Highness of Ceremonial) gets angry and decides to take care of his daughter and grandchildren himself.
玉鬘に夢中の鬚黒はもとの北の方や彼女との子供たちをまったく顧みず、怒った舅式部卿宮は娘と孫を引取ることにする。