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絵本通俗三国志 4編 巻之10

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 10 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo-period series adapting the Chinese Romance of the Three Kingdoms, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei, for a general popular readership. Its pictures are dense black-and-white line scenes of fighting warriors, flying arrows, a tiger, and a courtyard with patterned shields and screens, with carved calligraphic captions set into the frames; a designer might draw on their bold ink outlines, crowded diagonal action and stylised patterning.

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