Meishō no kotoba : bujin no ikizama to bigaku 90 quotes by Kazuto Hongō

Meishō no kotoba : bujin no ikizama to bigaku 90 quotes by Kazuto HongōTitle: Meishō no kotoba : bujin no ikizama to bigaku 90 quotes
Author: Kazuto Hongō
Publisher: Paiintānashonaru, 2011
ISBN: 978-4-7562-4117-7 C0072
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 199 pages, 19 cm by 13 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Culture, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings
ID: B0452

Nice collection of famous armors, tea bowls, scrolls etc. are used to illustrate some quotes of historical Japanese figures.

Bushi no yosooi – Clothes of samurai warriors by Nobuhiko Maruyama

Bushi no yosooi – Clothes of samurai warriors by Nobuhiko MaruyamaTitle: Bushi no yosooi - Clothes of samurai warriors
Publisher: Kȳoto Shoin, 1994
ISBN: 4-7636-7038-7 C0372
Language: Japanese and English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 95 pages, 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0346

Nice small book that also highlights some of the other clothes (like kimono, but also others) worn by the samurai elite.

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.