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Chinese Official Pausing on a Bridge to View the Snow (from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Verse)

Katsushika Hokusai

Cleveland Museum of Art

A snowy landscape with a blue sky, featuring a river and a large tree covered in snow. A man on horseback wearing a white robe and a round fur hat holds a long sword and faces away from the viewer, looking down at the river. The horse is dark brown with a blue and brown saddle blanket and a brown saddle. A man in a fur robe and a fur hat stands to the left, holding a wrapped object. The scene includes snow falling and accumulating on the ground and trees. The artwork features a vertical rectangular text box in the upper left corner and a signature in the upper right corner.

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413 × 900 px
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