The last description about Murasaki Shikibu appears in "Shoyuki," the diary of FUJIWARA no Sanesuke, dated May 25 (lunar calendar) 1014, saying that 'as "a daughter of Tametoki, who was a governor of Echigo Province," she conveyed a message from the wife of the Retired Empress Shoshi to Sanesuke.'
藤原実資の日記『小右記』長和2年5月25日(旧暦)条で「『越後守為時女』として皇太后彰子と実資の取り次ぎ役を務めた」との記述が紫式部で残された最後のものとなる。