Title: Beauty Writing a Letter (copy of a section of the Hikone Screen)
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 17th–18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 10 x 13 in. (25.4 x 33 cm)
Overall with mounting: 42 3/4 x 13 in. (108.6 x 33 cm)
Overall with knobs: 42 3/4 x 20 in. (108.6 x 50.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Writing