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One of these objects is cast in lead on a lacquered writing box by the Rinpa School artist Hon’ami Kōetsu. One of these man-made objects far in the background titles an ukiyo-e print dominated by a carp-shaped windsock. Vincent van Gogh painted faux calligraphy around a print of one of these objects in which figures cower (10[1])under umbrellas; that (10[1])print from Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo depicts a “sudden shower” over one of these objects. (10[2]-5[2])One of these man-made objects was often shown among willow trees in a series (10[1])begun (10[2])in 1899 and continued through the artist’s cataract issues. Japanese art inspired an Impressionist to build one of these (10[1])objects in his garden at Giverny (“zhee-vair-NEE”). For 10 points, many paintings of water lilies by Claude Monet depict (10[1])what kind of wooden structure? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: bridge [accept specific types of bridge such as a moon bridge, a Japanese bridge, or a footbridge; accept Boat Bridge, Suidō Bridge and the Surugadai Quarter, or Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake]
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Connor McClellandMiamiUChicago D7610
Connor McClellandMiamiUChicago D7610
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