Katchū bugu kenkyū (kai) Magazine by Nihon katchū bugu kenkyū hozon kai

Katchū bugu kenkyū (kai) Magazine by Nihon katchū bugu kenkyū hozon kaiTitle: Katchū bugu kenkyū (kai) Magazine
Author: Nihon katchū bugu kenkyū honzon kai
Publisher: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai, 1962-
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 30 pages, 25.5 cm by 17 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Samurai, Sōmen
ID: B0531

The quarterly magazine of the NKBKHK with research articles on Japanese Armor. Later magazines have color pictures and an English index and abstracts.

Nihon no kassen bugu jiten (zuroku) by Yoshihiko Sasama

Nihon no kassen bugu jiten (zuroku) by Yoshihiko SasamaTitle: Nihon no kassen bugu jiten (zuroku)
Author: Yoshihiko Sasama
Publisher: Kashiwa Shobō, 1999
ISBN: 4-7601-1705-9 C1521
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white drawings, black and white pictures
Other: 390 pages, 26.5 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Samurai, Teppō
ID: B0468

Encyclopedia of arms related things as they are illustrated in battle scrolls, mostly illustrated with line drawings.

Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi no tōken to katchū by Iten Iida

Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi no tōken to katchū by Iten IidaTitle: Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi no tōken to katchū
Author: Iten Iida
Publisher: Miyaobi Shuppansha, 2013
ISBN: 978-4-86366-096-0
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 277 pages, 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0449

Great overview of some of the arms and armors related to Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Uesugi Kenshin, Kagekatsu to kachū no busō by Masao Takemura

Uesugi Kenshin, Kagekatsu to kachū no busō by Masao TakemuraTitle: Uesugi Kenshin, Kagekatsu to kachū no busō
Author: Masao Takemura
Publisher: Miyaobi Shuppansha, 2010
ISBN: 978-4-86366-056-4
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 424 pages, 22 cm by 16 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0437

Very detailed book from Masao Takemura (one of the directors of the NKBKHK) about the arms and armors of the Uesugi clan.

Arms and Armour of the Samurai by Ian Bottomley, Anthony (Jock) Hopson

Arms and Armour of the Samurai by Ian Bottomley, Anthony (Jock) HopsonTitle: 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

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

Nihon no katchū bugu jiten by Yoshihiko Sasama

Nihon no katchū bugu jiten by Yoshihiko SasamaTitle: Nihon no katchū bugu jiten
Author: Yoshihiko Sasama
Publisher: Kashiwa Shobō, 2002 (1981)
ISBN: 4-7601-0113-6 C3572
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures and line drawings, few color pictures
Other: 519 pages, 26.5 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Paintings, Sōmen, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0410

Great armor encyclopedia with many pictures and drawings, covering all eras, types etc.