Title: Meishō no yoroi kabuto monogatariOne of the many books written by Sasama-san.
Title: Yasukunitō : dentō to bi no kyokuchi
Author: Tom Kishida
Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1999
ISBN: 4-639-01551-8
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 116 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Nihontō
ID: B0217
Book from Tom Kishida about the Yasukuni swords. A separate English translation was made by Kenji Mishima and published by the Japanese Sword Society of the United States (B0229). Tom Kishida published a book on the same topic “The Yasukuni Swords – Rare Weapons of Japan 1933-1945” in 2004 with Kodansha International (B0460).
Title: Nihonō kōza (Shinpan) kōdogu hen
Author: Junji Honma, Kanzan Satō
Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1967-1970
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Handful color pictures, many black and white pictures
Other: 424, 422 pages, 25 cm by 16 cm, hardcover
Topics: Tōsōgu
ID: B0061
The complete series consist of ten books. Kōdogu part is 2 books. Limited to 2500
Title: Tsuba kodōgu gadai jiten
Author: Kameji Numata
Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1998
ISBN: 4-639-01545-3 C3572
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 564 + 492 pages, 22.5 cm + 16 cm, hardcover
Topics: Tōsōgu
ID: B0060
Very nice dictionary on tsuba and kodōgu.
Title: Tōsō kodōgu kōza
Author: Hōmatsu Wakayama
Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1972-74
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Some color pictures, many black and white pictures
Other: 333, 280, 292, 309, 269, 335, 348, 299 pages, 26.5 cm, by 19 cm, hardcover
Topics: Tōsōgu
ID: B0046
Fantasic set of books on kodōgu.
Title: Nihon katchū meihinshū
Author: Minoru Iida, Naoyoshi Saitō, Yoshihiko Sasama
Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1968
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Few color pictures and drawings, many black and white pictures
Other: 279 pages, 26.5 cm by 19 cm, hardcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō
ID: B0012
Sasama was well known for reusing his material in his many books. As this book focuses on several nice Japanese armour sets (also several Muromachi ones), it is however nice to have, especially with the pictures that appear in the second half of the book. As is regrettable the case with almost all books on Japanese armour, also here only one general picture is shown per set.
