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Eight Fine VIews of Ôsaka (Naniwa hachi shôkei): Autumn Moon at the Kôzu Shrine (Kôzugû shûgetsu), Spring View of Sakuranomiya (Sakuranomiya shunkei), Pedestrians on Shinmachi Bridge (Shinmachi-bashi gyônin), Panoramic View at Kiyomizu-dera (Kiyomizu-dera enbô), Clearing Weather at Koma Bridge (Komabashi seiran), Evening Bell at Tennô-ji Temple (Tennô-ji banshô), Sunset Glow on the Dôjima River (Dôjimagawa sekishô), Night Rain on Midagaike Pond (Midagaike yau)


「浪花八勝景」  「高津宮秋月」「桜野宮春景」「新町橋行人」「清水寺遠望」「高麗橋晴嵐」「天王寺晩鐘」「堂島川夕照」「弥陀池夜雨」
Okada Shuntôsai (Japanese, active about 1830–60)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Copperplate etching; ink on paper
Dimensions 8.6 × 13.8 cm (3 3/8 × 5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45843.20
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom an album containing 31 prints, 11.45843.1-31.

Inscribed "No. 302."
Signed Heian Shuntôsai shakoku
平安春燈斎写刻
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.