Title: Letter to Shunkin
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Urakami (Uragami) Gyokudō 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1745–1820
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 8 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (21.2 × 26 cm)
Overall with mounting: 38 9/16 × 16 9/16 in. (98 × 42 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2019
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY