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Book Review: Tetsu to urushi no geijutsu : Kyōto Arashiyama Bijutsukan zōhinshū By Kyōto Arashiyama Bijutsukan

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Book Review: Tetsu to urushi no geijutsu : Kyōto Arashiyama Bijutsukan zōhinshū By Kyōto Arashiyama BijutsukanTitle: Tetsu to urushi no geijutsu - Kyōto Arashiyama Bijutsukan zōhinshū
Author: Kyōto Arashiyama Bijutsukan
Publisher: Kyōto Arashiyama Bijutsukan, 1986
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 95 pages, 26 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Inrō, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Sōmen, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0335

Great 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).

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Book Review: Busō – Ōsakajō tenshukaku shūzō bugu-ten — Armaments : weaponry and material in the collection of Osaka Castle Museum By Ōsakajō Tenshukaku

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Book Review: Busō – Ōsakajō tenshukaku shūzō bugu-ten — Armaments : weaponry and material in the collection of Osaka Castle Museum By Ōsakajō TenshukakuTitle: Busō : Ōsakajō tenshukaku shūzō bugu-ten : tēma-ten = Armaments : weaponry and material in the collection of Osaka Castle Museum : special exhibition
Author: Ōsakajō Tenshukaku
Publisher: Ōsakajō Tenshukaku Tokubetsu Jigyō Iinkai, 2007
Language: Japanes with some English
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 104 pages, 26 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0334

Superb exhibition catalog with many armors. kabuto, swords, guns, tsuba and other samurai related armor parts from the Osaka Castle Museum collection.

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Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (and dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban

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Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (and dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-banTitle: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (and dai ni kan)
Author: Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban
Publisher: Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban, 1972, 1975
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, line drawings
Other: 288, 284 pages, 25.5 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0320, B0321

Kind of a “multi yearbook” with the reprinting of the monthly magazine. Many armours and kabuto, tsuba, guns and even some western style armours. Fascinating.

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Book Review: Mononofu no haresugata – Chikara yakudō bi by Matsuya Ginza

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Book Review: Mononofu no haresugata – Chikara yakudō bi by Matsuya GinzaTitle: Mononofu no haresugata - Chikara yakudō bi
Author: Matsuya Ginza
Publisher: Matsuya Ginza, 1989
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 28 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0318

Very nice and rare catalog of an exhibition held in the art show room of Ginza Matsuya. In total 33 pieces mainly some beautiful kabuto.

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Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (+dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban

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Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (+dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-banTitle: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (+dai ni kan)
Author: Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban
Publisher: Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban, 1972+1975
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 288 (+284) pages, 25.5 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0320-B0321

Kind of a “multi yearbook” with the reprinting of the monthly magazine. Many armours and kabuto, tsuba, guns and even some western style armours. Fascinating.

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Book Review: Mononofu no haresugata: Chikara yakudō bi by Matsuya Ginza

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Book Review: Mononofu no haresugata: Chikara yakudō bi by Matsuya GinzaTitle: Mononofu no haresugata: Chikara yakudō bi
Author: Matsuya Ginza
Publisher: Matsuya Ginza, 1989
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 28 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0318

Very nice and rare catalog of an exhibition held in the art show room of Ginza Matsuya. In total 33 pieces mainly some beautiful kabuto.

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Book Review: Samurai – The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior by Clive Sinclaire

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Book Review: Samurai – The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior by Clive SinclaireTitle: Samurai - The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior
Author: Clive Sinclaire
Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2001
ISBN: 1-58574-282-1
Language: English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 144 pages, 29 cm by 27 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bugu, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0306

Nice overview book that covers the main weapons of the samurai.

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Book Review: The Shogun Age Exhibition: From the Tokugawa Art Museum, Japan by Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Shinzaburō Ōishi, Keizo Saito, Tokugawa Bijutsukan

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Book Review: The Shogun Age Exhibition: From the Tokugawa Art Museum, Japan by Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Shinzaburō Ōishi, Keizo Saito, Tokugawa BijutsukanTitle: The Shogun Age Exhibition: From the Tokugawa Art Museum, Japan
Author: Keizo Saito, Shinzaburō Ōishi, Tokugawa Bijutsukan, Yoshinobu Tokugawa
Publisher: Shogun Age Exhibition Executive Committee, 1983
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 279 pages, 29 cm by 22 cm, hardcover
Topics: Bugu, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0305

Beautiful catalog of what must have been an amazing traveling exhibition in 1984-1985.

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Book Review: The Book of the Samurai – The Warrior Class of Japan by Stephen R. Turnbull

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Book Review: The Book of the Samurai – The Warrior Class of Japan by Stephen R. TurnbullTitle: The Book of the Samurai - The Warrior Class of Japan
Author: Stephen R. Turnbull
Publisher: Magna Books (Bison Books Ltd.), 1982
ISBN: 0-948509-30-9
Language: English
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 192 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: Documents, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0301

This is one of the several books that Stephen R. Turnbull has written about Samurai. This one is a very broad one, and in that sense gives a good overview. Only a few armors ate in the book, but many paintings etc.

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Book Review: Lords of the samurai – the legacy of a daimyo family by Yoko Woodson, Melissa M. Rinne, Junichi Tekeuchi et al.

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Book Review: Lords of the samurai – the legacy of a daimyo family by Yoko Woodson, Melissa M. Rinne, Junichi Tekeuchi et al.Title: Lords of the samurai : the legacy of a daimyo family
Author: Deborah Clearwaters, Jun'ichi Tekeuchi, Melissa M. Rinne, Thoma F. Clearly, Yoko Woodson
Publisher: Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-939117-46-8
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 222 pages, 31 cm by 23.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0299

Beautiful catalog that was published on the occasion of the exhibition Lords of the samurai – the legacy of a daimyo family, organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Eisei-Bunko Hosokawa Collection (Tokyo), in San Francisco, 2009. Besides the famous armors, also many other beautiful items from the collection are in the catalog.