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通俗絵本三国志 第6巻-第10巻

1885 · 成文社 · 21 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese picture book (ehon) published by Seibunsha in 1885, volumes 6 to 10 of a popular illustrated version of the Three Kingdoms romance, aimed at general readers. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock-style line illustrations of armoured warriors, horses, mountain landscapes with stylised pines and clouds, and a palace interior with a seated woman and attendants, with Japanese captions in columns. A designer could draw on their bold, dense linework, patterned foliage and cloud shapes, and the compact captioned panel 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