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絵本通俗三国志 7編 巻之2

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 13 pictures

This is a Japanese ehon picture book, part 7 of an illustrated popular version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, drawn by Katsushika Taito and published by Okada Mohei in Edo for a general readership. Its woodblock-style pages show dramatic battle scenes, armoured warriors and domestic interiors, offering a designer strong examples of dynamic diagonal composition, dense crowd grouping and bold black-and-white linework with calligraphic captions.

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