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絵本通俗三国志 2編 巻之4

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 7 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei, adapting the Chinese Three Kingdoms romance for a popular readership. The pictures are dense black-and-white line blocks with bold outlines, rendered with patterned foliage, cloud scrolls, and armoured warriors, offering a designer examples of strong graphic silhouette, hatching, and integrated calligraphic cartouches.

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