Title: Letters by Courtesans
Object type: Handscroll
Date: late 18th or early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Unidentified artist 
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Thirty-seven letters mounted as a handscroll: ink on decorated papers
Dimensions: Image: 13 5/16 in. × 61 ft. 3 7/16 in. (33.8 × 1868 cm)
Overall with mounting: 13 3/8 in. × 62 ft. 3/8 in. (34 × 1890.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 13 3/4 in. × 62 ft. 3/8 in. (34.9 × 1890.7 cm)
Classification: Calligraphy
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY