Title: Legend in Japanese art : a description of historical episodes, legendary characters, folk-lore myths, religious symbolism, illustrated in the arts of old Japan
Author: Henri L. Joly
Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1967
Language: English
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, few color pictures
Other: 823 pages, 29 cm by 23 cm, hardcover
Topics: History
ID: B0268

A classic work. Originally published in 1908 (see later), this remains one of the monumental works written on Japan, together with the Ko-ji hō-ten by V. F. Weber (B0178) and Dictionnaire D’Histoire Et De Geographie Du Japon by E. Papinot (B0792). Many other topics besides armour.

A separate “Analytical Index” exist (B0799)