Title: Kami ni natta tonosama : nagai jinja no meihō to takatsukihan shiroato rekishikan nagai naokiyo kanrenNice catalog with some armours, documents, statues, and other samurai related items.
Title: Susume odawara hōjō shiNice exhibition catalog from the Equine museum of Japan (located in Yokohama). Many documents, some kabuto and kura.
Title: Heike nōkyō to Itsukushima no hōmotsuBeautiful catalog with important pieces from the Itsukushima shrine.
Title: Ieyasu no isan - Sunpu owakemonoBeautiful exhibition catalog celebrating the 450th anniversary of the first Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Some of his famous armours, but also many other items from his household, documents etc.
Title: Tsuwamono domo no hikari to kage - Inage Saburō to Sono jidai
Author: Kawasaki Shi Shimin Myūjiamu
Publisher: Kawasaki Shi Shimin Myūjiamu, 2007
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 96 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings
ID: B0275
Exhibition catalog with material (some armour, many scrolls, documents, excavated materials…) from the 12-14th century.
Number 195 of the Armour Society magazine has shipped. Some of the articles are bookmarked to be translated in the translation project of the society, including one about a beautiful haramaki dō partially covered with shark skin, a rare Momoyama dō and some meeting reports.
The September meeting of the society will be held on September 24th 2016, at the normal meeting place in Tokyo. The topic is ‘Saiga Kabuto’.
Title: Tokugawa gosanke ten : kaikan kinen tokubetsuten
Author: Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 2000
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 219 pages, 30 cm by 22 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Inrō, Kabuto, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0274
Nice exhibition catalog with a wide range of items related to Tokugawa. Several armours.
Title: Echizen yamagatake to takeda shingen
Author: Fukui Shiritsu Kyodo Rekishi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Fukui Shiritsu Kyodo Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 2007
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 29 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Paintings
ID: B0273
Thin exhibition catalog concerning the Echizen Yamagate family – Takeda Shingen relation. Only one armour and one kabuto, mainly interesting for some nice scrolls.
Title: Dai Tokugawa ten
Author: "Dai Tokugawa Ten" Shusai Jimukyoku, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: "Dai Tokugawa Ten" Shusai Jimukyoku, 2007
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 309 pages, 30 cm by 23 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0272
Beautiful catalog of a magnificent exhibition held in the Tokyo National Museum in 2007 : “Legacy of the Tokugawa – The glories and treasures of the last samurai dynasty”. The exhibition was the first time that major possessions of the Tokugawa Shoguns, the three branch Tokugawa Daimyos (Owari, Kii and Mito) and several shrines and temples are put together on display.
The all color catalog contains many items, including several of the famous Tokugawa armours.
