Subsequently, his best friend, Yugiri, who was asked on Kashiwagi's deathbed to look after his family after he was gone, often visited her. ('Kashiwagi' (The Oak Tree))
その後、死の床で柏木に後事を託された親友・夕霧(源氏物語)の訪問を度々受けるようになる（「柏木」）。