通俗絵本三国志
A Meiji-period Japanese picture book (ehon) published in 1890 by Ginkadō, retelling the Three Kingdoms story in woodblock-printed woodcut illustrations for a popular readership. The pictures show armoured warriors in dynamic combat poses, with panels of kanji captions running down the margins; a designer might take their bold black-line contour, dense patterned armour, and energetic movement as a model for graphic action scenes.
