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A table in the hall

A Tax Office located besides the entrance gate of the city. It taxes all the goods passing through the gate. Merchants stand with their goods in front of an official writing at a table. They may be paying a value-added tax on the goods they are…

A Tax official sitting in the Tax Office right next to the city gate examining tax documents of the merchants at a table. The merchants may be paying a value-added tax on the goods they are bringing into the city.

A Buddhist temple is located outside of the city. On both sides of the entrance gate are the guardian deities. A monk is standing in front of the temple.

These thatched-roof cottages, unique to the rural area in the scroll, provide a distinct contrast to the titled rooftop that are seen throughout the entire painting.

An extension on the roof top on this riverside structure, perhaps to guard against rain.