This Genji-e piece is based on vol.26 of the Edo period novel Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji, which is based on The Tale of Genji. It depicts a meeting between Ashikaga Mutsūji, this novel’s version of Hikaru Genji, the titular character of the Tale of Genji, who is sitting in the center of the room, and the girl in the bottom left. The girl will enter into the service of Mutsuji through the introduction of the maid on the right. As is also depicted in the illustrations in the novel, there is a large basin with water inside of it placed in the space between the room that the characters are in and the room shown to the right. A stone and a Japanese sweet flag have been decorated into this basin.