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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: Hokuō no katchūten – Daimyō gusoku o chūshin toshite By Iwate Kenritsu Hakubutsukan

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Book Review: Hokuō no katchūten – Daimyō gusoku o chūshin toshite By Iwate Kenritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Hokuō no katchūten - Daimyō gusoku o chūshin toshite
Author: Iwate Kenritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Iwate Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, 1988
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 37 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0332

Nice exhibition catalog with about 32 armors, handfull helmets, and some other armor related things (abumi, krua, gunbai etc). Some old painting where some of the armor is shown.

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Book Review: Katchū bugu yūhin ten By Nihon Katchū Kenkyū Hozon Kai, Ōsakajō Tenshukaku

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Book Review: Katchū bugu yūhin ten By Nihon Katchū Kenkyū Hozon Kai, Ōsakajō TenshukakuTitle: Katchū bugu yūhin ten
Author: Nihon Katchū Kenkyū Hozon Kai, Ōsakajō Tenshukaku
Publisher: Ōsakajō tenshukaku (Ōsaka-shi keizai kyoku), 1969
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 28 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Teppō
ID: B0330

Old but nice exihibtion catalog with 25 (mainly old) armors, 13 kabuto and few other items

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Book Review: Takeda-ke hihō tokubetsuten By Nihon Minzoku Shiryōkan, Nishimura Hakubutsukan, Chūnichi Shimbunsha

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Book Review: Takeda-ke hihō tokubetsuten By Nihon Minzoku Shiryōkan, Nishimura Hakubutsukan, Chūnichi ShimbunshaTitle: Takeda-ke hihō tokubetsuten
Author: Chūnichi Shimbunsha, Nihon Minzoku Shiryōkan, Nishimura Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Nihon Minzoku Shiryōkan, 1976
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 48 pages, 25.5 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Paintings, Teppō
ID: B0329

Nice old exhibition catalog centered around the Takeda clan. 6 armors, 7 helmets, other mostly armor related items, screens etc.

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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: 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: 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.