Title: Letter
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: ca. 1820–28
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Rai San’yō 頼山陽 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1780–1832
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 1/8  × 12 in. (15.6 × 30.5 cm)
Overall with mounting: 42 5/8 × 15 3/16 in. (108.3 × 38.6 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