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絵本通俗三国志

池田東籬亭 著 · 1887 · 青柳国松 · 124 pictures

An 1887 Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) by Ikeda Tori-tei, published by Aoyagi Kunimatsu, illustrating the Romance of the Three Kingdoms for a popular readership. The pictures show armoured warriors in dynamic combat, crowded battle scenes with flying debris and banners, and seated courtiers in a tiled hall, rendered in bold black-and-white line work with dense hatching and calligraphic captions that a designer could borrow for graphic energy and texture.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library