Suzumushi

Suzumushi
Bell cricket (Suzumushi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Gryllidae
Genus: Meloimorpha
Species: M. japonica
Binomial name
Meloimorpha japonica
(Haan, 1842)

Suzumushi (鈴虫?, Homoeogryllus japonicus) is the Japanese name for the bell cricket, also known as the bell-ring cricket'. It is known particularly for its song.

Japanese literature

Suzumushi is an autumn kigo used in haiku. Suzumushi is also the title of chapter 38 of The Tale of Genji, authored by Murasaki Shikibu. For unknown reasons, it is the only chapter skipped in Arthur Waley's translation of the book.