Title: Letter Addressed to Yo Shōemon
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 × 8 1/8 in. (23.6 × 20.6 cm)
Overall with mounting: 42 15/16 × 13 11/16 in. (109 × 34.8 cm)
Overall with knobs: 42 15/16 × 15 3/4 in. (109 × 40 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