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絵本通俗三国志 5編 巻之10

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 6 pictures

A Japanese illustrated picture book (ehon) from the Edo period, a volume of a popular woodblock-printed retelling of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, illustrated by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei for general readers. Its pictures are black-and-white woodblock prints in dense, controlled line, with crowded battle scenes, water and wave patterns, and interiors with railings and tiled floors; a designer might borrow the bold graphic contrast of black ink against white, the stylised wave and foliage patterning, and the compact panel 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