Title: The Japanese SwordLandmark book in English by Kanzan Satō, part of a great series of books on Japanese art. Translation and adapted by Joe Earle. My first book on Japanese swords.
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: Genshoku nihon no bijutsu katchū to tōken (21)
Author: Kanzan Satō, Motoharu Ozaki
Publisher: Shōgakkan, 1993 (1970)
ISBN: 4-09-663125-6
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Many color and black and white pictures
Other: 250 pages, 35.5 cm by 26.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0018
This is part 21 of a 30 volume book series. In a later edition, the series was extended to 32, and this volume became nr. 25. Content is identical as far as I can tell.
Beautiful color pictures, mostly from old armour and swords.
