天台山石橋図, Lions at the Stone Bridge of Mount Tiantai, Edo period (1615?1868), 1779, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink on silk, Image: 44 7/8 in. ? 20 in. (114 ? 50. 8 cm), Paintings, Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730?1781), Inscribed by Gazan Yō Nansō (Japanese, 1727?1797), This painting depicts a fantastical scene at the famous natural stone bridge on Mount Tiantai in China's Zhejiang Province. A mother lion throws cubs over the cliff to the valley below to test their powers of endurance and see which will persevere to succeed in life