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葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 6 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei, adapting the Chinese Three Kingdoms romance for a popular readership. The pictures are bold black-and-white line prints showing mounted warriors in dynamic action, with crowded figures, flying arrows and spears, and crisp dense hatching that a designer could draw on for energetic composition, dramatic diagonals and fine linework.

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