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通俗絵本三国志 巻之1-15(上)

1885 · 成文社 · 83 pictures

A Japanese woodblock-style picture book (ehon) from 1885, published by Seibunsha, retelling the Three Kingdoms romance for a general popular readership. Its pictures are dense black-and-white line illustrations of armoured warriors in combat, with dramatic diagonal movement, heavy ink masses, and explanatory caption columns in Japanese; a designer might take its bold figure silhouettes, hatched snow and water textures, and compact vertical caption panels.

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