Title: Edo no dandizumu - otoko no bigakuEdo and Dandyism. A nicely illustrated book about the “extravagant” fashion in the Edo period.
Title: Buke rekishi bijutten taiheiyō sensō-tenVery nice museum catalog from the now defunct Kyōto Arashiyama museum. Pictures are somewhat small and mostly overview pictures.
Title: Aizu Yukari No Bunkazai 250 ten tenNice exhibition catalog with all kind of items. About 9 armors.
Title: Tetsu to urushi no geijutsu - Kyōto Arashiyama Bijutsukan zōhinshūGreat catalog of what must have been a superb museum: the Arashiyama Museum in Kyoto. Seems there are two versions of this catalog. One with the military collection also included, and one without (like this one).
Title: Art of the Samurai - Selections from the Tokyo National Museum
Author: Kazutoshi Harada
Publisher: Bowers Museum, Tokyo National Museum, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-60743-579-2
Language: English
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 206 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Inrō, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0295
Very nice catalog published at the occasion of the ‘Art of Samurai: Selections from the Tokyo National Museum’ exhibition in The Bowers Museum in 2009. The exhibition featured 80 superb pieces, nicely illustrated in this catalog.
Title: Tokugawa gosanke ten : kaikan kinen tokubetsuten
Author: Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 2000
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 219 pages, 30 cm by 22 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Inrō, Kabuto, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0274
Nice exhibition catalog with a wide range of items related to Tokugawa. Several armours.
Title: Kunst in Japan tijdens de Edo-periode 1603-1868
Author: Chantal Kozyreff
Publisher: La Renaissance du Livre, 2003
ISBN: 2-8046-734-8
Language: Dutch
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 189 pages, 28.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Inrō, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0173
Nice exhibition catalog about the collection of the Musée du Cinquantenaire – Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, with besides armour also tōsōgu, paintings, netsuke, inrō, ukiyō-e,…
The catalog does also exist in French.
Title: Arts of Asia May-June 1977
Author: W. H. Tilley
Publisher: Tuyet Nguyet, 1977
Language: English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 104 pages, 30 cm by 23 cm, softcover
Topics: Inrō, Kabuto, Menpō, Netsuke, Sōmen, Tōsōgu
ID: B0171
This number of Arts of Asia contains an article on the history of Japanese armour, nothing ground breaking but nicely illustrated. The issue contains also interesting articles on inro, netsuke ukiyo-e and costumes of the noh theatre.
Title: Arms, Armures et Objets d'Art du Japon 2009
Author: Jean-Christophe Charbonnier
Publisher: ToriiLinks Editions, 2009
ISBN: 2-9520006-4-6
Language: French and English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 63 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0163
Very nice sales catalog of Jean-Christophe Charbonnier.
Title: Antiquités du Japon Art du Samourai
Author: Frantz Fray
Publisher: Galerie Espace 4, 2011
Language: French and English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 30 cm by 21 cm, Softcover
Topics: Bugu, Inrō, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Netsuke, Statues
ID: B0161
Nice sales catalog from Frantz Fray (Espace 4).
