Title: Letter
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: early 17th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Momoyama (1573–1615)
Artist:  Shōkadō Shōjō 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1584?–1639
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 5/8 × 40 15/16 in. (16.8 × 104 cm)
Overall with mounting: 41 1/4 × 41 5/8 in. (104.8 × 105.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 41 1/4 × 44 1/4 in. (104.8 × 112.4 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2018
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY