Title: GyokenNice book on koshirae and nihontō.
Title: Kokuhō jūyō bunkazai taizen 5, Kōgeihin 1
Author: Bunkachō, Mainichi Shinbunsha
Publisher: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1998
ISBN: 4-620-80325-1
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 571+24 pages, 31 cm by 23 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Mirrors
ID: B0258
This is one volume of a magnificent 13 volume set (12 normal volumes + 1 extra volume) that contains the National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties of Japan at the moment of the publication. This volumes contains, among many other things, armours. One could only wish for a full color one and one with bigger pictures.
Title: 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.
Title: Jūyō bunkazai kōgei hin III (26)
Author: Mainichi Shimbunsha
Publisher: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1977
ISBN: 0370-611126-7904
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Some color pictures, many black and white pictures
Other: 120 pages, 35.5 cm by 26.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Mirrors, Tōsōgu
ID: B0017
This is part 26 of a 30 volume book series on jūyō bunkazai pieces, about half of them armour. Many pictures, although mostly rather small. Focuses mainly on armours from Heian till Muromachi. Very interesting to see an overview of the jūyō bunkazai armour pieces.
Title: 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.
