It was normal practice for temporary pleasure quarters (karitaku) to be set up when the Yoshiwara was destroyed by fire. Business was conducted from these unlicensed quarters, often erected on land owned by temples in a variety of city districts, until the bordellos of the Yoshiwara could be rebuilt. This rare series is only known by one other image, entitled Misayama, illustrated in Vignier and Inada, Estampes Japonaises (Geneva: Minkoff Reprint, 1973) Vols. IV-VI, pl. LXIII, no. 153, and rephotographed in Yoshida Eiji Ukiyo-e taisei (Tokyo: Toho Shoin, 1931), Vol. 7, no. 148, and in Shibui Kiyoshi "Utamaro" Ukiyo-e zuten (Tokyo: Kazama Shobo, 1964), no. 13.

The fan-shaped cartouche here includes the title "Makiginu" (or perhaps "Makigoromo" which is most likely the name of a locale near one of the temporary pleasure quarters. During Utamaro's period of activity karitaku were established in 1781, 1784, 1787, 1794, and 1800. Based on stylistic considerations and the presence of a censor's kiwame seal, it seems reasonable to assume that this print was published to commemorate the establishment of makeshift bordellos after fires ravaged the Yoshiwara in the Fourth Month of 1794.

The scene in the cartouche shows the banks of the Sumida River near the Ryogoku district. In the distance is the giant drum tower which was used to announce the twice-yearly sumo tournaments held in the precincts of Ekoin temple.