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絵本通俗三国志 初編下

1883 · 著作館 · 19 pictures

This Japanese picture book, Ehon Tsūzoku Sangokushi volume one part two, was published in Tokyo in 1883 by Chosakukan and draws on the Three Kingdoms romance for a general readership. Its woodblock-style battle scenes show mounted warriors charging through arrows, banners and flying spears, with dense cross-hatched armour, streaming manes and loose diagonal composition that a designer could borrow for dynamic action layouts.

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