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絵本通俗三国志 5編 巻之8

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 8 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, a popular vernacular retelling of the Three Kingdoms romance, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei for a general reading public. Its pictures are black-and-white line prints with bold outlines, showing interior scenes of seated men at tables with wine vessels and furniture, framed in lively compositions with inscribed calligraphic captions that a designer could borrow for dynamic, graphic layouts.

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