絵本通俗三国志 2編 巻之8
This is a Japanese woodblock illustrated book, an ehon volume from the second series of a popular picture-book retelling of the Three Kingdoms romance, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei in Edo. The pictures are black-and-white line prints of mounted warriors on hillsides and bridges, and of a crowded hall fight under a tiled roof, with dense hatched foliage and dark ink outlines. A designer could draw on their bold contour line, hatched ground textures, and rhythmic framing of action against landscape.
