Ink painting by soga shōhaku depicting a chinese story of mother lion testing her cubs by throwing them down at a cliff. Object Type: painting. Date: 1779. Place of creation: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 44 7/8 in. × 20 in. (114 × 50.8 cm); Overall with mounting: 79 1/8 × 25 3/16 in. (201 × 64 cm); ; Overall with knobs: 79 1/8 × 27 1/2 in. (201 × 69.8 cm). Medium: ink on silk. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
