Title: Sacred Verse (Gāthā) from the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment (Engaku-kyō)
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: ca. 1380s–1405
Culture: Japan
Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Artist:  Zekkai Chūshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1336–1405
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 37  × 13 5/16 in. (94 × 33.8 cm)
Overall with mounting: 66 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (169.5 × 35.9 cm)
Overall with knobs: 66 3/4 × 15 15/16 in. (169.5 × 40.5 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2022
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY