Title: The Baur Collection Geneva - Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated MetalworkFantastic catalog in a series about the fabulous Baur Collection. This one focusses on the Japanese sword fittings in the collection. Limited to 1600.
Title: Armures Japonaises à la XXVIe Biennale des AntiquairesVery nice sales catalog of Jean-Christophe Charbonnier, with armours, kabuto, menpō, sōmen etc. Several pieces have several pictures from different angles, as a good book should have.
Title: Armures Japonaises à la XXVe Biennale des AntiquairesVery nice sales catalog of Jean-Christophe Charbonnier, with armours, kabuto, menpō, bugu, bagu etc. Very beautiful photography as usual, with multiple shots of an armour, as it should be.
Title: Japanese Art & HandicraftThis is a 1976 reprint edition from the original 1915 book, also known as the Red Cross book, as the book was a catalogue of a loan exhibition, used to help the British Red Cross during the first World War. It was at the time a pioneering work, especially related to tōsōgu. One of these amazing works that were published with a lot of love in the early 20th century.
Title: Zusetsu Nihontō yōgo jitenA fantastic encyclopedic work related to terminology in the nihontō and tōsōgu world. An English supplement/translation exist (that I don’t have yet).
Title: Armures du Japon : 100 pièces sélectionnées dans la collection de la Fondation Kōzu de KyōtoVery beautiful book with 100 selected pieces from the Kōzu Foundation in Kyoto. The format of the book is long and actually allows large and impressive pictures of armour very well.
Title: Nippon-tō: Art swords of Japan The Walter A. Compton CollectionBeautiful book published at the occasion of an exhibition held in 1976 around the marvelous Walter A. Compton Collection, probably the best collection on Japanese swords ever outside of Japan (or even maybe including Japan). See also the Christie’s catalogs (B0208-B0210), and One hundred masterpieces from the collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton (B0020).
Title: Uchigatana-goshiraeFabulous book on the history and different types of uchigatana-gishirae, lavishly illustrated with examples from the top collection in the Tōkyō National Museum. Would have been perfect of all pictures were in color. A short introduction of the history is available in English as a very short descriptions of the items.
Title: Helmets of the Saotome SchoolThis book is the follow up to the groundbreaking work of Teruo Orikasa ‘Saotome ha kabuto shashin shū‘ from 1984 (see B0194). Illustrated with helmets from the private collections of Luc Taelman and Aymeric Antien, the book was designed to create a photographic document for those who are eager to find out more about the different Saotome helmet makers. To make sure that the beauty of the helmets itself can be enjoyed, 38 helmets, with over 250 pictures by Jo Anseeuw, were used to illustrate different Saotome smiths. Also included is a scientifically study about the school and a technical analysis of the construction of the helmets, based on the limited amount of facts that are available.
Title: Tōsōgu oiebori meihin shūseiA fabulous book by Shigeo Fukushi about the Gotō kinkō tōsōgu artists. The work of the artists outside of these Gotō families are covered in his companion volume Tōsōgu machibori meihin shūsei (B0180). Limited to 600.
