Title: Letter Addressed to Itō Kakō
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 1759
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: 9 5/16 × 13 7/16 in. (23.7 × 34.1 cm)
Overall with mounting: 41 1/4 × 18 3/8 in. (104.7 × 46.7 cm)
Overall with knobs: 41 1/4 × 20 5/16 in. (104.7 × 51.6 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