絵本通俗三国志 2編7
This is a Meiji-era Japanese illustrated book (ehon), a popular woodblock-style adaptation of the Three Kingdoms romance issued in Tokyo in 1883 by Tokyo Dōeki Shuppansha, with text by Kōnan Bunzan translated and expanded by Nakamura Yorihaki for a general readership. Its pictures are crisp black-and-white line scenes of armoured warriors fighting in woods and on hillsides, and of seated figures on verandas with patterned screens, showing dense hatching, clear silhouettes and strong figure groupings that a designer could borrow for bold graphic compositions or heritage-style patterning.
