The title of this chapter was named after the waka poem which Murasaki no ue makes for Hanachirusato, 'This is the last Buddhist service, but I think of a bond between us as trustworthy and it will last many lives.'
巻名は、紫の上が花散里に詠んだ和歌「絶えぬべき御法ながらぞ頼まるる世々にと結ぶ中の契りを」に因む。