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“Utsusemi” (The Tale of Genji) He sends her a poem about the robes which looks like a cast-off skin of a woman, while Utsusemi secretly laments her insecure circumstances that she cannot accept Genji's love. This is one of the fifty-four chapters of "The Tale of Genji." This is the third chapter. “Utsusemi” is the cast-off skin of a cicada when it hatches.”