絵本通俗三国志 2編 巻之9
An Edo-period Japanese illustrated book, a picture-book adaptation of the Three Kingdoms romance, drawn by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei for a popular readership. The woodblock prints show mounted warriors in dramatic combat amid pine trees, rocks and rustic landscapes, rendered in bold black outlines with dense hatched textures. A designer could take from them the energetic diagonal composition, the contrast of heavy black masses against open white ground, and the stylised rendering of horses and armour.
