Title: Two-Line Calligraphy (from a poem by General Zhang Xun (709-757)
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: late 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Soejima Taneomi 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1828–1905
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 53 1/2 × 26 3/8 in. (135.9 × 67 cm)
Overall with mounting: 87 5/8 × 32 15/16 in. (222.6 × 83.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 87 5/8 × 35 3/8 in. (222.6 × 89.9 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2023
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY