Title: Arms and Armour of the Samurai
Author: Ian Bottomley, Anthony (Jock) Hopson
Publisher: Defoe Publishing, 1988
ISBN: 1-870-98105-7
Language: English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 192 pages, 31 cm by 23.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Samurai, Sōmen, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0415

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This is probably THE book that started the Japanese armor passion for most Western collectors.