Title: Poem by Kamo no Chōmei with Underpainting of Cherry Blossoms
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 1606
Culture: Japan
Period: Momoyama period (1573–1615)
Artist: Calligraphy by Hon'ami Kōetsu 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1558–1637
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Poem card (shikishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, gold, and silver on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 7 15/16 x 7in. (20.2 x 17.8cm)
Overall with mounting: 53 x 14 3/4 in. (134.6 x 37.5 cm)
Overall with knobs: 53 x 16 1/2 in. (134.6 x 41.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Poetry, term: Trees