Title: Two Sample Letters on the Chinese Lantern Festival and a Poem about Plum Blossoms
Object type: Handscroll
Date: 1657
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Calligraphy by Kojima Sōshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Handscroll: ink on decorated paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 7/8 in. × 13 ft. 5/16 in. (27.6 × 397 cm)
Overall with mounting: 10 7/8 in. × 13 ft. 11 11/16 in. (27.6 × 426 cm)
Overall with knobs: 11 1/2 in. × 13 ft. 11 11/16 in. (29.2 × 426 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY