This painting, which exceeds a person in height, depicts a towering waterfall dropping in a sheer vertical to a pool below, where a black rock is washed by waves. A maple branch extends across the upper part of the work, bringing a touch of soft, decorative color. Maruyama Okyo (1733-95) did a number of paintings of this theme, beginning with the famous waterfalls he painted for Abbot Yujo of the Emman'in. Close to the right edge of this work are brushed the date of midwinter, Temmei 7 and the "Okyo" signature. Midwinter corresponds to the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, making Okyo fifty-five years old. Above this is an inscription by the artist's close acquaintance Minagawa Kien (1734-1807). Within the series of paintings Okyo did of waterfalls and turbulent water, this depiction stands out as being refreshingly unrestrained.