This stone, collected from the Seta River in Shiga Prefecture, is prized for the gentle undulations across its grainy surface. “Shungyō”, the title of this piece, means the “breaking spring”. This is a reference to a famous Tang Dynasty-era Chinese poem that may be translated as “In spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log​”. This name may have been given to the piece due to its resemblance to hills seen through a morning mist.