Composed on August 26, 1951. Three years prior to the composition of this work, in 1948, Yamada suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, which left him hemiplegic, but he later recovered, and his creative activities continued until around 1963. However, according to Nobuko Goto, "Yamada Kōsaku," in Kunihiko Shimonaka (ed.), Ongaku Daijiten (Encyclopedia of Music), Vol. 5 (Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1983), although Yamada left 97 piano works, this work, completed in 1951, is considered his last. Many of Yamada's representative works in other genres were also written before his paralysis.

The style of the work, like many of his early piano miniatures, is characterized by harmonic instability. Although titled in G minor, the frequent use of chromatic progressions, augmented intervals, and temporary modulations means that the dominance of a specific key is not strongly felt, especially in the first half. On the other hand, the entire piece exhibits unity through interrelated motivic material, revealing the composer's high level of structural integrity.