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絵本通俗三国志 6編 巻之4

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 4 pictures

This is an illustrated Japanese picture book from the Edo period, a volume of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms adaptation, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei for general readers. The woodblock-printed pages show a courtyard scene with a seated scholar, armoured warriors on stone steps among rocks and trees, a candlelit banquet with a crescent moon, and a decorative floral-border frame. A designer might take the bold black-line hatching for rocks and foliage, the stylised clouds and ornamental borders, and the compact vertical text columns.

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