Book Review: Tokugawa bijutsukan gaidobukku – The Tokugawa Art Museum guide book by Tokugawa Bijutsukan

Book Review: Tokugawa bijutsukan gaidobukku – The Tokugawa Art Museum guide book by Tokugawa BijutsukanTitle: Tokugawa bijutsukan gaidobukku - The Tokugawa Art Museum guide book
Author: Tokugawa Bijutsukan
Publisher: Tokugawa Bijutsukan, 2010
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 119 pages, 25.5 cm by 19 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Mirrors, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0235

Nice overview guidebook from the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya.

Book Review: Nanban tono deai – takayama ukon to ōtomo sōrin no jidai by Takatsuki Shiritsushiroato Rekishikan

Book Review: Nanban tono deai – takayama ukon to ōtomo sōrin no jidai by Takatsuki Shiritsushiroato RekishikanTitle: Nanban tono deai : takayama ukon to ōtomo sōrin no jidai
Author: Takatsuki Shiritsushiroato Rekishikan
Publisher: Takatsuki Shiritsushiroato Rekishikan, 2012
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 80 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0079

Catalog about the European influence on Japanese art, daily items and also armour.

Book Review: Kuroda ke – sono rekishi to meihōten by Fukuokashi Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Kuroda ke – sono rekishi to meihōten by Fukuokashi HakubutsukanTitle: Kuroda ke - sono rekishi to meihōten
Author: Fukuokashi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Fukuokashi Hakubutsukan, 2002
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 215 pages, 30 cm by 22.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0074

Very nice exhibition catalog about the Kuroda clan. Many beautiful items beside the famous armours and helmets.

Book Review: Hare no kuni no meihō : Okayama no kokuhō jūyō bunkazai by Okayama Kenritsu Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Hare no kuni no meihō : Okayama no kokuhō jūyō bunkazai by Okayama Kenritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Hare no kuni no meihō : Okayama no kokuhō jūyō bunkazai
Author: Okayama Kenritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Okayama Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, 2010
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 120 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Statues
ID: B0070

Exhibition catalog that focuses on national treasures and jūyō bunkazai items from Okayama. Only 7 but nice armours are included.

Book Review: Hachisukake – awa nyūkoku 400 nen zusetsu by Tokushima Shimbunsha

Book Review: Hachisukake – awa nyūkoku 400 nen zusetsu by Tokushima ShimbunshaTitle: Hachisukake : awa nyūkoku 400 nen zusetsu
Author: Tokushima Shimbunsha
Publisher: Tokushima Shimbunsha, 1985
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 99 pages, 24 cm by 25 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Paintings, Teppō
ID: B0029

Small catalog related to the Hachisuka family. Few armours.

Book Review: Nihon no uma no ishō by Negishi Keiba Kinen Kōen

Book Review: Nihon no uma no ishō by Negishi Keiba Kinen KōenTitle: Nihon no uma no ishō
Author: Negishi Keiba Kinen Kōen
Publisher: Baji Bunka Zaidan, 1994
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Many color pictures
Other: 129 pages, 30.5 cm by 21.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Ceramics, Inrō, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Mirrors, Netsuke, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0028

Interesting book as all the items (including armour, tsuba etc) are in someway related to horses.

Book Review: Kokuhō kōgeihin II (7) by Mainichi Shinbunsha

Book Review: Kokuhō kōgeihin II (7) by Mainichi ShinbunshaTitle: Kokuhō kōgeihin II (7)
Author: Mainichi Shimbunsha
Publisher: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1984
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 191+3 pages, 37 cm by 26.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Bugu, Ceramics, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0021

This volume is part of another beautiful series, this time about Japanese national treasures. Contains beautiful pictures, also about ceramics, textiles, offerings to shinto shrines.

Book Review: Zaigai nihon no shihō (10) kōgei by Tetsurō Kitamura

Book Review: Zaigai nihon no shihō (10) kōgei by Tetsurō KitamuraTitle: Zaigai nihon no shihō (10) kōgei
Author: Tetsurō Kitamura
Publisher: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1981
ISBN: 0370-611150-7904
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Many color and black and white pictures
Other: 141 pages, 35.5 cm by 26.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Ceramics, Kabuto, Katchū, Mirrors, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0016

This beautiful book is part of a 10 volume set that focuses on Japanese art in Western collections. This part does not contain much armour, but has some of the best pictures available of the famous ō-yoroi in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Book Review: Kunzan tōshōgū densei no bunkazai by Yūichi Hiroi

Book Review: Kunzan tōshōgū densei no bunkazai by Yūichi HiroiTitle: Kunzan tōshōgū densei no bunkazai
Author: Yūichi Hiroi
Publisher: Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan, 1994
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Many color and black and white pictures
Other: 345 pages, 35 by 27 cm, hardcover, limited to 500
Topics: Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0015

Very beautiful book from the Kunōzan Tōshōgū museum with a lot of pieces related to Tokugawa. Limited to 500.