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絵本通俗三国志 7編 巻之10

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 10 pictures

This Edo-period Japanese woodblock picture book, an ehon volume of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms adapted for popular readers, was illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei in Japan. The pictures are black-and-white line prints with dense, precise hatching, showing crowded battle scenes, tiled roofs, trees and interior views with figures in robes and armour; a designer might take their strong calligraphic contour lines and patterned textures for bold graphic work.

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