This is a Genji-e based on vol.9 of Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji. The character Murasaki is portrayed in a long-sleeved kimono in the center of the picture. While Mutsūji is standing to her left, Murasaki is portrayed as acting shy about handing over a letter containing a response poem to his waka poem, hiding it in the left sleeve of her kimono. Unlike the novel, the decoration of the traditional tatami room is fully depicted; a Japanese apricot and daffodil ikebana flower arrangement is decorated on the floor and a mountain suiseki stone in a bowl is displayed in the writing alcove.