Title: Poems about Plum Blossoms, from the “Sekido-bon Version of Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern”
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: mid- to late 11th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Artist: Traditionally attributed to Fujiwara no Yukinari 
Artist bio: Japanese, 972–1027
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Page from a bound booklet mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on dyed paper
Dimensions: Image: 8 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (21.3 × 17.5 cm)
Overall with mounting: 54 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (138.5 × 40 cm)
Overall with knobs: 54 1/2 × 17 3/4 in. (138.4 × 45.1 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