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葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 8 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) illustrated by Katsushika Taito, published by Okada Mohei, drawn from the Three Kingdoms romance for a popular readership in Edo-period Japan. The pictures are black-and-white line illustrations with dense hatching, rocky cliffs, clouds and moonlit scenes, showing a designer how bold ink outlines and textured stonework can carry narrative drama in a compact frame.

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