Title: Letter
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 1696
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Shiba Sonome 斯波園女 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1664–1726
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Letter mounted as a hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 7 3/16 × 20 1/8 in. (18.3 × 51.1 cm)
Overall with mounting: 36 1/2 × 21 1/8 in. (92.7 × 53.7 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2022
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY