Title: Thousand Character Classic
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Ike no Taiga 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1723–1776
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Calligrapher
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 10 1/16 × 9 1/8 in. (25.5 × 23.2 cm)
Overall with mounting: 41 9/16 × 14 3/4 in. (105.5 × 37.4 cm)
Overall with knobs: 41 9/16 × 16 5/8 in. (105.5 × 42.3 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY