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通俗絵本三国志 下

1883 · 潜心堂[ほか] · 81 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated edition of the Three Kingdoms romance, published in 1883 by Senshindō and partners, aimed at general readers as a popular picture book. Its woodblock-style pictures show dramatic battle scenes with armoured warriors on horseback, flying arrows, banners, and night skies, with mostly bold black linework and dense hatching that a designer could borrow for dynamic action compositions and high-contrast graphic treatments.

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