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Toyotomi-ke no meihō – Rare Treasures of the Toyotomi Family By Ōsakajō Tenshukaku

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Toyotomi-ke no meihō – Rare Treasures of the Toyotomi Family By Ōsakajō TenshukakuTitle: Toyotomi-ke no meihō : Heisei no daikaishū shunkō Hideyoshi yonhyakkaiki kinen - Rare Treasures of the Toyotomi Family
Author: Ōsakajō Tenshukaku
Publisher: Ōsakajō Tenshukaku Tokubetsu Jigyō Iinkai, 1997
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 111 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0395

Great exhibition catalog with a very nice balanced set of treasures from the Toyotomi family. Few armors and kabuto.

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Aizu Yukari No Bunkazai 250 ten ten By Aizu Bukeyashiki Bunkazai kanri-shitsu

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Aizu Yukari No Bunkazai 250 ten ten By Aizu Bukeyashiki Bunkazai kanri-shitsuTitle: Aizu Yukari No Bunkazai 250 ten ten
Author: Aizu Bukeyashiki Bunkazai kanri-shitsu
Publisher: Aizu Bukeyashiki, 2000
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 95 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Inrō, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0364

Nice exhibition catalog with all kind of items. About 9 armors.

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Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken ten By Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan

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Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken ten By Kunōzan Tōshōgū HakubutsukanTitle: Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken ten
Author: Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan, 1973
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 99 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm
Topics: Ceramics, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Paintings
ID: B0359

Interesting book with the armors and swords of the Tokugawa clan. (Newer version of B0354?)

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Impact on Art Nouveau Metalworks in Late Edo and Meiji Period By Masayuki Murata

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Impact on Art Nouveau Metalworks in Late Edo and Meiji Period By Masayuki MurataTitle: Impact on Art Nouveau Metalworks in Late Edo and Meiji Period
Author: Masayuki Murata
Publisher: Maria Shobo, 2011
ISBN: 978-4-89511-572-8
Language: Japanese and English
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 118 pages, 26 cm by 19 cm
Topics: Ceramics, History, Jizai Okimono, Tōsōgu
ID: B0358

Fantastic book on art nouveau in Japan in Edo and Meiji periods with great photography. No armors but some tōsōgu.

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi ten by Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Ōsaka Honsha, Ōsakajō Tenshukaku

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi ten by Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Ōsaka Honsha, Ōsakajō TenshukakuTitle: Toyotomi Hideyoshi ten : Hō-Taikō no ningenzō to Momoyama bijutsu no seika
Author: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Ōsaka Honsha, Ōsakajō Tenshukaku
Publisher: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Ōsaka Honsha, 1981
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 25 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Paintings, Statues, Teppō
ID: B0353

Exhibition catalog centered around Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Only two armors and one kabuto.

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Book Review: Lords of the samurai – the legacy of a daimyo family by Yoko Woodson, Melissa M. Rinne, Junichi Tekeuchi et al.

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Book Review: Lords of the samurai – the legacy of a daimyo family by Yoko Woodson, Melissa M. Rinne, Junichi Tekeuchi et al.Title: Lords of the samurai : the legacy of a daimyo family
Author: Deborah Clearwaters, Jun'ichi Tekeuchi, Melissa M. Rinne, Thoma F. Clearly, Yoko Woodson
Publisher: Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-939117-46-8
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 222 pages, 31 cm by 23.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0299

Beautiful catalog that was published on the occasion of the exhibition Lords of the samurai – the legacy of a daimyo family, organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Eisei-Bunko Hosokawa Collection (Tokyo), in San Francisco, 2009. Besides the famous armors, also many other beautiful items from the collection are in the catalog.

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Book Review: Japan The Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185-1868 by Yoshiaki Shimizu (Ed.)

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Book Review: Japan The Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185-1868 by Yoshiaki Shimizu (Ed.)Title: Japan The Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185-1868
Author: Yoshiaki Shimizu
Publisher: National Gallery of Art Washington, 1989
ISBN: 0-8946-8122-2
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 402 pages, 30 cm by 22.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Statues, Tōsōgu
ID: B0296

Superb catalog for what must have been an amazing exhibition in the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Includes more then 20 mostly famous and superb armours.