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: Sengoku kawari kabuto by Keizō Suzuki, Takashi Miyazaki et. al.

Book Review: Sengoku kawari kabuto by Keizō Suzuki, Takashi Miyazaki et. al.Title: Sengoku kawari kabuto
Author: Keizō Suzuki, Takashi Miyazaki
Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten, 1984
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Numerous color pictures, some black and white pictures
Other: 116+70 pages, 37 cm by 26.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Paintings
ID: B0025

As the name suggest, this over sized book focuses on the kawari kabuto from the Sengoku era. Although it would off course have been nice to have multiple views of one helmet, the pictures are of a high quality and for example much better then the more famous Spectacular Helmets of Japan book. Fabulous book.

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.