Title: Hokku poem “On a withered branch”
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: probably 1680s
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: Poetry slip (tanzaku) mounted as a hanging scroll: ink on paper decorated with gold
Dimensions: Image: 14 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (37.1 × 5.9 cm)
Overall with mounting: 59 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (151.1 × 25.9 cm)
Overall with knobs: 59 1/2 × 11 15/16 in. (151.1 × 30.3 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