[ [4]Refers to an ode by Gokyogoku (died 1190), which runs:—
Sweetly chirps in the frosty night,
The lonely cricket at my side;
But lonelier far am I and cold,
With half my bed unoccupied.
[ [5]Refers to a popular local song, which runs:—
At Seki, it is burning hot o’erhead
At Suzuka the clouds have spread;
And at Tsuchiyama, the half-way town,
The rain comes pouring down.