The chapter title derives from the following verse by Naka no kimi: 'And to whom shall I show these early ferns from the mountain, plucked. In remembrance of one who is no more?'
巻名は、中の君が詠んだ和歌「この春は誰にか見せむ亡き人の形見に摘める嶺の早蕨」に因む。