絵本通俗三国志 3編 巻之10
This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei, part of a popular vernacular retelling of the Three Kingdoms romance in volume ten of the third installment. The four pictures show a scholar seated on a railed veranda by water, a robed figure at a window in a palace hall, a crowded scene of armoured men struggling beside a tall structure, and a wide double-page naval battle with men fighting on boats amid churning waves. A designer could draw on the bold, dense black-and-white linework, the flowing wave patterns, and the strong sense of crowded action that fills every frame.
