Letter to Yamagishi Hanzan

Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉, dated 1685 (Jōkyō 2)

Artist

Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 (Japanese, 1644–1694)

Date

dated 1685 (Jōkyō 2)

Culture or place

Japan

Medium

Letter mounted as a hanging scroll: ink on paper

Size

Image: 5 3/4 × 43 1/2 in. (14.6 × 110.5 cm) Overall with mounting: 42 1/2 × 44 3/4 in. (108 × 113.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 42 1/2 × 46 7/8 in. (108 × 119.1 cm)

Type

Calligraphy

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed