In this print, Utamaro depicts a prostitute at the riverside, her hair a little tousled, clutching a perfume pouch and cleaning her teeth with a toothpick. Prostitutes working at the riverside outside the gates of the pleasure district were of the lowest rank, and no doubt this particular prostitute served those who could not afford to enter the Yoshiwara.

The print is from Utamaro's Hokkoku Goshiki-zumi ("Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter") series depicting prostitutes of different ranks from in and around the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters in Edo (Tokyo). All prints in the series have a yellow background and feature inkstick-shaped series title panels.

Please refer back to the description of this set as a whole to find more information on other aspects of this print.