From the series "Model Young Women Woven in Mist" (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata), dated around 1794–95, this print depicts a woman emerging from or sheltering within a mosquito net (kaya) — the gauze canopy suspended over sleeping quarters during summer to ward off insects. The sheer fabric of the net creates a layered, filtering effect that was one of the visual pleasures of the okubi-e format, softening and partially obscuring the figure within.
![A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi") by Kitagawa Utamaro](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/ed82be98-8a83-4163-ccc4-e2f7210cce55/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
c. 1794/95
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1793
color woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mosquito Net (Kaya), from the series Model Young Women Woven in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata), Late Edo period, circa 1794-1795 was created by Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿).
Yes — Mosquito Net (Kaya), from the series Model Young Women Woven in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata), Late Edo period, circa 1794-1795 is part of the Model Young Women Woven in Mist series by Kitagawa Utamaro.
Mosquito Net (Kaya), from the series Model Young Women Woven in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata), Late Edo period, circa 1794-1795 depicts figures, bijin-ga, and interiors, set at Tokyo.
