The uta-e depicting branching bridges, and a river bank blooming with irises suggests the scene where the hero of "Ise Monogatari" is composing a poem at a place famous for its iris blossoms, which appears in the chapter of 'Higashi kudari no dan' (the Chapter of Going down to the Eastern Provinces).
杜若の咲く川辺にいくつも分岐した橋がかかっているものは、伊勢物語「東下りの段」で主人公が杜若の名所で和歌も詠む場面を表現している。