Title: Two Poems about Palace Gossip, one of the “Ōe Fragments” (Ōe-gire)
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: early 12th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Artist: Traditionally attributed to Fujiwara no Sadayori 
Artist bio: Japanese, 995–1045
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Page from a bound booklet mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on mica paper with gold flecks
Dimensions: Image: 8 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (21 × 13 cm)
Overall with mounting: 43 1/2 × 17 3/8 in. (110.5 × 44.1 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2021
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY