絵本通俗三国志 初編 巻之4
This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the early 19th century, illustrated by Katsushika Taito for the Edo publisher Okada Mohei, and based on the Chinese Three Kingdoms romance. The pages show a figure in a garden pavilion with pine trees, a crowd of armoured warriors seated in a hall with name labels, and a domestic interior with women and a seated musician. A designer could draw on the bold hatched line work, the dense crowd compositions, and the strong black-and-white contrast of the carved blocks.
