The first armour society meeting of 2017 will be held this Sunday, February 26, from 15:00 till 17:00 at the normal meeting place in Tokyo.
The topic is ‘Toppai nari’.
This is volume 5 of the illustrated catalogs of the National Museum of Japanese History, completely dedicated to their weapons collection. 603 items are illustrated in color, ranging from muromachi haramaki do, katana till western style 19th century pistols. Most pieces are Japanese, but not all. As there are many pieces, the pictures are rather small, but still nice. Beautiful book.
A general book on samurai, mainly interesting for the many reproductions of scrolls, illustrations etc (often bit out of focus…). Some armours and kabuto.