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絵本通俗三国志 2編 巻之3

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 4 pictures

A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei, retelling the Chinese Three Kingdoms romance for a popular readership. Its pictures are monochrome woodcut prints of mountain landscapes with travelers, armoured warriors gathered in a hall, a night sky with a meteor-like streak over pine trees and a figure, and an empty decorative cartouche framed by floral borders, suggesting strong black-and-white linework, dense hatching for texture, and compositions that combine figures with landscape.

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