Of the remaining three women, one was not a Fujiwara, one held a high rank and therefore had to be older, leaving the possibility that the third, Fujiwara no Takako, was Murasaki.
Dari tiga wanita yang tersisa, satu bukan Fujiwara, seorang lagi berpangkat tinggi dan pastinya harus lebih tua, meninggalkan kemungkinan bahwa wanita ketiga, Takako Fujiwara, adalah Murasaki Shikibu.