発句短冊 「枯枝に」 (Hokku tanzaku, “Kare eda ni”)|「枯れ枝に」の句 ( Kareeda ni no ku)|Hokku poem “On a withered branch”
Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉
probably 1680s
Medium
Poetry slip (tanzaku) mounted as a hanging scroll: ink on paper decorated with gold
Dimensions
Image: 14 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (37.1 × 5.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 59 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (151.1 × 25.9 cm) Overall with knobs: 59 1/2 × 11 15/16 in. (151.1 × 30.3 cm)
Classification
Calligraphy
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2020
Accession Number
2020.396.24
About the Artist
Matsuo Bashō 松尾芭蕉 (Japanese) · 1644 –1694
Japanese, 1644–1694