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"title": "Boats at Anchor on West Lake at the City Gate",
"title_in_original_language": "\u65e9\u79cb\u591c\u6cca\u5716",
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"did_you_know": "The depiction of the female figure playing the pipa and the scholarly male evokes an association with a romantic encounter narrated in a well-known Tang dynasty poem.",
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"citation": "Harada, Kinjiro\u0304 \u539f\u7530\u8b39\u6b21\u90ce. Shina meiga ho\u0304kan [\u652f\u90a3\u540d\u756b\u5bf6\u9452 = The pageant of Chinese painting]. To\u0304kyo\u0304: O\u0304tsuka Ko\u0304geisha, 1936.",
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"citation": "Li, Huishu \u674e\u6167\u6f31. Exquisite Moments: West Lake & Southern Song Art. New York: China Institute Gallery, China Institute, 2001.",
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