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Letter by Shōkadō Shōjō — VisualArtsDB

Letter

Letter

Shōkadō Shōjō

1614

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 6 5/8 × 40 15/16 in. (16.8 × 104 cm) Overall with mounting: 41 1/4 × 41 5/8 in. (104.8 × 105.7 cm) Overall with knobs: 41 1/4 × 44 1/4 in. (104.8 × 112.4 cm)
Genre: calligraphy
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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