通俗絵本三国志 第４編
This is a Japanese woodblock-printed picture book from 1893, published by Yūsokuken, illustrating the Three Kingdoms romance for a general popular readership. Its pictures show armoured warriors on horseback in cavalry combat and standing full-length figures with names written in cartouches, all in bold black line on a stippled white ground. A designer could take the dense hatching, patterned armour, and dramatic horse-and-rider poses as a model for bold graphic line work.
