Title: Letter Addressed to Aoki Shukuya
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Ike no Taiga 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1723–1776
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Calligrapher
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 9 5/16 × 13 1/8 in. (23.7 × 33.4 cm)
Overall with mounting: 40 1/4 × 17 13/16 in. (102.3 × 45.3 cm)
Overall with knobs: 40 1/4 × 19 3/4 in. (102.3 × 50.2 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY