The Bell Cricket (Suzumushi 鈴虫), from The Tale of Genji

In this chapter, Genji has his western garden replanted for his wife, the Third Princess, who wishes to leave Genji and has recently taken vows as a nun. The garden is made to resemble a moor, and Genji has autumn insects released in it so that she may listen to their songs. The princess sends men out to gather bell crickets (suzumushi 鈴虫), known today as pine crickets (matsumushi 松虫), to add their songs to the garden. In a poem to Genji, she expresses her unhappiness by suggesting that the crickets sing more happily in the wild, not in a garden. In the print we see Genji and the princess, whose Buddhist rosary emerges from her robes, on a veranda surrounded by a garden.