When Genji suffered misfortune and retired to Suma to seek seclusion from the world, Tono Chujo was the only person to visit him, without fear of attracting disapproval from the powers-that-be.
源氏不遇の折、時の権力に睨まれるのも恐れず、須磨へ遁世した源氏をただ一人見舞いに訪れて励ました。