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絵本通俗三国志 2編6

湖南文山 訳, 中村頼治 増補 · 1883 · 東京同益出版社 · 8 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock-printed picture book (ehon) from 1883, published in Tokyo by Tōeki Shuppansha, adapting the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in a popular illustrated format for general readers. The pictures are crisp black-and-white line engravings of robed figures in interiors and gardens, with bold outlines, dense hatching on foliage and rocks, and small columns of Japanese characters beside the scenes, giving a designer strong examples of East Asian linework, framing, and figure composition.

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