絵本通俗三国志 4編 巻之9
This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, a volume of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms adapted for popular readers, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei. The pictures are black-and-white line prints of interiors and garden scenes with dense calligraphic text panels, showing elaborate architecture, patterned robes and rippling water. A designer could take their strong contour linework, flat ink masses against open white ground, and the decorative patterning of textiles and screens.
