Title: A Chinese Verse on “Compiling History”
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: ca. late 1820s
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: 52 5/8 × 14 1/2 in. (133.7 × 36.8 cm)
Overall with mounting: 82 × 20 3/8 in. (208.3 × 51.8 cm)
Overall with knobs: 82 × 23 3/4 in. (208.3 × 60.3 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Purchase, Janet and Arthur Ross Foundation Gift, in honor of Mary Wallach, 2022
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY