# Fishing in a Springtime Valley

- By: Ike Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)
- Date: 1700s
- Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 124 x 49.4 cm (48 13/16 x 19 7/16 in.); Mounted: 210 x 62.9 cm (82 11/16 x 24 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.47)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.47/1961.47_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Though Ike Taiga first made a living after his father's early death by selling paintings on fans, he found a place within Kyoto's literati community and became one of its leading figures. In this colorful work, a river flows down from a mountain village, passing through farms on its way to the fishing town nestled in trees and bamboo along the banks in the foreground. Two people set out in a boat on the calm water where the river expands.