Mosquito net peddlers with their call of "Kaya! Moegi no kaya!" (lit. Mosquito nets! Light green mosquito nets!) were an indication that summer had arrived in Edo.
「蚊帳ぁ、萌黄の蚊帳ぁ」という独特の掛け声で売り歩く行商人は江戸に初夏を知らせる風物詩となっていた。