通俗絵本三国志 第21巻-第25巻
A Meiji-era Japanese illustrated edition (1885, published by Seibunsha) of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, volumes 21 to 25, issued as a popular picture book for general readers. The four pages show woodblock-style black-and-white line illustrations of warriors in combat, a seated general beside a window and a pine, and a banquet scene with seated figures and tableware, each with captions in kanji columns. A designer could take the bold, dense inking, the strong figure silhouettes against hatched backgrounds, and the boxed vertical text panels as graphic devices.
