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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 (10[1])cower (10[1])under umbrellas; that print from Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views (-5[1])of Edo (10[1])depicts a “sudden shower” over one of these objects. (10[1]-5[1])One of these man-made objects was often shown among willow trees (10[1])in a series (10[1])begun in 1899 and continued (10[1])through the artist’s cataract issues. (10[1])Japanese art inspired an Impressionist to build one of these objects in his garden at Giverny (“zhee-vair-NEE”). For 10 points, many paintings of water lilies by Claude Monet depict what kind of wooden structure? ■END■ (10[1]0[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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Cormac BeirneLSE AImperial B5410
Kai MadgwickManchesterDurham A5510
Justin KeungImperial ABirmingham65-5
Eveline OngOxford AWarwick A6710
Paige CrawleyOxford BLSE B76-5
Kevin FlanaganBristol ADurham B7610
Robert BallantyneBristol BCambridge C8710
Michael WuSouthampton BEdinburgh9010
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltCambridge D9510
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AWarwick B10010
Mikey BrownBirminghamImperial A13410
Leo TaussigLSE BOxford B1340