Genji prepared a residence for Akashi lady at Oi villa whose scenery had the same taste of the seashore of Akashi. The garden water was pleasant and interesting. But Genji did not visit her soon. With little to occupy her, the lady felt sorrow and missed her home. Taking out the seven-stringed Chinese koto that Genji had left with her, she played a brief strain to the wind in the pine trees. As her mother resting beside her made a poem of Akashi, the lady replied with a poem.

On the third day of his visit to Akashi, Genji moved to Katsura, because many court people had come over to Oi in search of him. An impromptu banquet was held. The voices of fishermen made him think of the sea women in Akashi. The young falconers offered a sampling of their take, tied to autumn reeds. Wine cups were tossed back and forth. People enjoyed poems and music. At the end, even the emperor delivered his personal message.