Utagawa Sadahide. Travellers arriving at Inba Lake on Shimosa Plateau / Fan print, c. 1849.

An uncut aizuri fan print showing travellers arriving at Inba Lake [印旛沼] (Inba-numa) on Shimosa Plateau [下総台地] (Shimōsa-daichi).

Artist: Utagawa Sadahide [歌川貞秀] (Japanese, 1807 – 1879)

Publisher: Unknown.

Published: c. 1849.

Signed: Gountei Sadahide ga [五雲亭貞秀画] (Picture by Gountei Sadahide).

Inscription in cartouche: Shimosa Plateau, Inbanuma (Inba Lake) [下總國印幡沼].

No date seal, no censor seal (privately printed?)

Media: Fan print [団扇絵] (uchiwa-e), 235 x 300 mm.

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Edo Period (1603 – 1868), Mid-19th century
Country	Japan
Media	Ink and color on paper
Technique	Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Size	Fan print. Uchiwa-e
Subject	Inba Marsh ((印旛沼), Shimōsa Province (下総国, Shimōsa no Kuni), Travel, Voyages and Travels
Artist	Utagawa [歌川] or Gountei [五雲亭] Sadahide [貞秀] (Japanese, 1807 – c. 1879)
Publisher	Unknown
Publishing year	1849
Acquisition year	2022

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