Painted on paper with some red and brown pigments. The screens are mounted with silk brocade border and black lacquered frame. The tiger plays an important role in Japanese art. It is one of the twelve animals of the duodenary cycle of the lunar calendar, where it represents strength and courage and is the embodiment of the male principle. Placing tigers amongst bamboo is symbolic of the ability of the weak to protect the strong. The tigers all painted in dynamic and aggressive stances as if to protect the tigress and her cubs to the extreme right. The paintings are executed in the manner of Toh-haku Hasegawa (1539-1610 AD).