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葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 4 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) illustrated by Katsushika Taito, published by Okada Mohei, presenting episodes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Edo-period style. The double-page battle scenes show armoured warriors with spears and arrows among pine trees and rocks, while the garden gathering pages show seated figures beside a well and a dark-leaved tree. The black ink line work and dense hatching offer designers a model for bold figure composition and patterned armour detail.

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