The status of woman in those days was dependent upon the status of her father or husband, and she was a middle-class court noble, so there was a difference in degree between Genji, who belongs to the highest class, and her.
当時、女性の地位は父か夫の位に順ずるので、彼女は貴族としては中級の身分であり、上流中の上流の源氏とは身分がつりあわなかった。