Title: Chinese Poem on Compassion
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 1666
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Nanyuan Xingpai (Nangen Shōha) 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1631–1692
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 1/8 × 21 1/2 in. (25.7 × 54.6 cm)
Overall with mounting: 42 1/2 × 23 1/8 in. (108 × 58.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 42 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (108 × 64.8 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