Book Review: Nihon no buki bugu by Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Nihon no buki bugu by Tōkyō Kokuritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Nihon no buki bugu
Author: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 1976
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, some color pictures
Other: 26 cm by 18.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0263

Exhibition catalog for what must have been an amazing armour exhibition in the Tokyo National Museum in 1976. A bigger book was published in 1977 (see B0019).

Book Review: Uchigatana-goshirae by Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Uchigatana-goshirae by Tōkyō Kokuritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Uchigatana-goshirae
Author: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 1987
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Few color pictures, many black and white pictures
Other: 293 pages, 37 cm by 26.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Tōsōgu
ID: B0183

Fabulous book on the history and different types of  uchigatana-gishirae, lavishly illustrated with examples from the top collection in the Tōkyō National Museum. Would have been perfect of all pictures were in color. A short introduction of the history is available in English as a very short descriptions of the items.

Book Review: Nihon no buki bugu (Tokubetsuten zuroku) by Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Nihon no buki bugu (Tokubetsuten zuroku) by Tōkyō Kokuritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Nihon no buki bugu (Tokubetsuten zuroku)
Author: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 1977
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Some color pictures, many black and white pictures
Other: 364 pages, 37 cm by 26.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu

This is a beautiful book published by the Tōkyō National Museum after the big 1976 exhibition.
Mostly old armours, swords, koshirae etc.
The sode on the cover are from my all time favorite dōmaru in the National Museum.