Title: Letter about Sake
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: ca. 1583
Culture: Japan
Period: Momoyama period (1573–1615)
Artist:  Sen no Rikyū 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1522–1591
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 11 in. × 20 3/4 in. (27.9 × 52.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 45 1/2 × 21 5/8 in. (115.6 × 54.9 cm)
Overall with knobs: 45 1/2 × 23 5/8 in. (115.6 × 60 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, 2024
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY