Sadamasa Motonaga was one of the principal members of the Gutai art association known for his playful, humorous paintings replete with color. Along with other-worldly and cartoon-like motifs that derive from an interest in manga and popular culture, he is also known for his distinct methodologies such as an installation using colored water, the use of spray paint, as well as directly dripping and letting paint flow on the canvas, such as in this particular work. This tarashikomi technique, that developed out of his language of embryonic forms and flying objects, engrossed Motonaga's creative output between 1957 and the mid 60s, until his sojourn in New York. His paintings are inhabited with a visual language that connects the postwar artistic sentiment with that of contemporary Japanese painters.