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絵本通俗三国志 4編 巻之2

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 10 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei, retelling the Romance of the Three Kingdoms for a popular readership. The pictures are black-and-white block-print scenes of battles on land and water, with dense cloud, wave and rock patterns, and a designer might borrow the bold linework, stylised water and the dramatic diagonal compositions.

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