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絵本通俗三国志 7編 巻之4

葛飾戴斗 画 · 岡田茂兵衛 · 9 pictures

This is an 1840s-era Japanese woodblock picture book (ehon) illustrated by Katsushika Taito for a popular Japanese audience, published by Okada Mohei, showing scenes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The pictures are fine-line black ink woodcuts with dense hatching, showing figures in gardens, interiors and on horseback, which suggest strong contour linework and tight pen-and-ink texture for designers.

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