Title: Letter to Yamagishi Hanzan
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: dated 1685 (Jōkyō 2)
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1644–1694
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Letter mounted as a hanging scroll: ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 5 3/4 × 43 1/2 in. (14.6 × 110.5 cm)
Overall with mounting: 42 1/2 × 44 3/4 in. (108 × 113.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 42 1/2 × 46 7/8 in. (108 × 119.1 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY