絵本通俗三国志 5編 巻之4
A Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei, retelling episodes of the Three Kingdoms romance for a general readership. The pictures show black-line landscapes of misty hills, pines and travelling groups on mountain paths, alongside interior scenes of seated men conversing at tables under moonlight, and a formal audience with a bearded official. A designer might take the economical hatching for tree and rock texture, the tight framing of figures against open ground, and the vertical columns of calligraphic captions.
