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In a popular story set on Tendaisan (Chinese, Tiantaishan), a holy mountain in southeast China, a lioness pushes her newborn cubs off a cliff near the Stone Bridge of Tendaisan in an effort to test their endurance. She will care for only those who survive. Perhaps this fragment shows a happy ending—the surviving cubs returning to their mother.
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Title: Kosode Fragment
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: late 18th–19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Ground of blue crepe (chirimen)
Dimensions: H. 20 in. (50.8 cm); W. 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Dyed and Embroidered
Credit Line: Purchase, Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2000 Benefit Fund, and funds from various donors, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.428.29
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