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Is “Letter about Sake” in the public domain?

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Yes. “Letter about Sake” is public domain and released under CC0, so it is free to download and reuse for any purpose, including commercially, with no permission needed.

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Who created “Letter about Sake”?

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Sen no Rikyū (ca. 1583).

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Where is “Letter about Sake” from?

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It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is free to reuse under CC0.

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Can I use “Letter about Sake” commercially for free?

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Yes. As a CC0 public-domain work it can be used commercially, modified and redistributed with no fee and no attribution required.

Title	Letter about Sake
Artist	Sen no Rikyū
Date	ca. 1583 16th century
Medium	Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Classification	Calligraphy
Origin	Japan Japan
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger, 2024
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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