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絵本通俗三国志 4編 巻之8

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 10 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock-printed 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. Its pictures are bold black-and-white line drawings with dense hatching, showing armoured warriors in combat, a seated scholar in a tiled interior, and a bearded hermit among bamboo-like stakes, a useful reference for strong outline work, patterned textiles and compositional framing.

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