Title: The Heian Court Calligrapher Ono no Tōfū (894–966); “Calligraphy Brush” (Fude), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyō Poetry Circle (Ichiyō-ren Bunbō shiyū)
From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1827
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Yashima Gakutei 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1786?–1868
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 8 x 7 1/16 in. (20.3 x 17.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Writing, term: Calligraphy, term: Brushes