In the meantime, this phantom is depicted as the spirit of Hikaru Genji in 'Asaki Yume mishi' (Japanese contemporary comic based on the Tale of Genji) and it also appears as a guide who instructed Ukifune, who was wondering what to do with herself, to enter the Buddhist priesthood. |
なお「あさきゆめみし」ではこの幻は光源氏の霊として描かれており、後には身の処遇に迷う浮舟に仏門の道を指し示す導き手としても登場している。 |