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通俗絵本三国志 第5編

1893 · 有則軒 · 7 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock-style picture book from 1893, published by Yusokuken, the fifth volume of a popular illustrated retelling of the Three Kingdoms romance for a general readership. The pictures are bold black-and-white ink line prints with framed panels, decorative borders and captions, showing armoured warriors in dramatic battle poses, with a designer able to draw on their strong contour linework, patterned armour and dynamic compositions.

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