# Album of Daoist and Buddhist Themes: Search the Mountain: Leaf 43

- Date: 1200s
- Medium: Album; ink on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Painting: 34.1 x 38.5 cm (13 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.); Overall: 34.8 x 39.2 cm (13 11/16 x 15 7/16 in.)
- Culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange)
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2004.1.43)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2004.1.43/2004.1.43_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This leaf and the one nearby belongs to a group of sketches with the theme “Clearing the Mountains” (soushan tu). The textual basis has long been lost; only the paintings survive. Here, fearsome divine soldiers fight against evil spirits depicted as animals and human-like creatures in mountains and forests.

At the lower left, a soldier attacks a ram. To the right, two soldiers attempt to subdue a tiger. Three soldiers (one wielding a sword) emerge from an opening in the cliffs.