by Higuchi Ichiyō · 1895
On the night of the harvest moon, Oseki slips back to her parents' house, declaring she will leave her cold, scornful husband Harada and the son she has put to sleep. Her father talks her into returning for the child's sake, and on the way home she finds her rickshaw puller is Rokunosuke, the childhood sweetheart who has gone to ruin.