Shinsui's extensive oeuvre spans bijin-ga, landscapes, and genre subjects. Auction averages over 12 months reflect healthy collector demand across all subject types.
A woman reaches upward to hang a mosquito net (kaya) in this undated [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga)—the reaching posture elongating the figure and displaying the kimono's full pattern while creating a moment of purposeful domestic action. The mosquito net, sheer and white, was a fixture of Japanese summer life that Shinsui depicted multiple times in his bijin-ga, drawn to the visual interest of its translucent fabric, the upward gesture required to hang it, and the intimate space it defined when deployed. The undated print may be related to or contemporary with his 1929 "Mosquito Net" from the First Series of Modern Beauties.
$6,800
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hanging Up the Mosquito Net was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水).
Hanging Up the Mosquito Net was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Hanging Up the Mosquito Net depicts bijin-ga, interiors, and summer.
