Title: “The Way of the patriarchs spans a thousand years”
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 17th or 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Attributed to Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryūki) 
Artist bio: Chinese, 1592–1673
Artist nationality: Chinese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 47 × 11 in. (119.4 × 27.9 cm)
Overall with mounting: 80 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (204.5 × 39.4 cm)
Overall with knobs: 80 1/2 × 17 5/8 in. (204.5 × 44.8 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Calligraphy