 The nadeshiko fringed pink was also a traditional symbol of a beautiful, desirable woman.To Hayakawa, the woman's body partly covered by the kimono is an allusion to the accompanying poem's "mid-autumn full moon ... hidden in the clouds".The word "utena" puns on the homophones for "pedastal" and the "calyx" of a flower, a traditional metaphor for the female genitals; thus the moon climbing the "utena" can be read as the man mounting the woman.