Ikeno Taiga was a literati painter active during the mid-Edo period, and by traveling to various places himself, he created numerous landscape paintings that were not mere imitations of Chinese art, but vibrant and full of life.

This work is truly the pinnacle of Ikeno Taiga's landscape paintings. The rocky surface expressed through overlapping lines and the billowing mountains vividly depict the contrasting elements of "stillness" and "movement" that breathe life into nature. The inscription is by the Confucian scholar Murase Kotei, who expresses a longing for the tranquility detached from the mundane world with a light and elegant writing style. Please enjoy the harmonious resonance of these two talents from the same era.