The characteristics of a person who has worldly prosperity but always thinking of the Buddhist path despite his innumerable love affairs, are divided and inherited by the characters of the next generation, Kaoru and Nioumiya.
現世の繁栄を享受しながら常に仏道を思い、にもかかわらず女性遍歴を繰り返すという人物造形は、次の世代の薫と匂宮にそれぞれ分割して受け継がれる。