In the height of summer, Genji, who was cooling himself at the Tsuridono (fishing pavilion) in the Rokujo-in Palace, asked the sons of the Minister of the Interior, who had come to visit Yugiri, about the illegitimate daughter (Omi no Kimi) recently taken into their residence.
盛夏の六条院で、釣殿で涼んでいた源氏は夕霧(源氏物語)を訪ねてきた内大臣家の子息たちに、最近新しく迎えられた落胤の姫君（近江の君）のことを尋ねる。