Title: Tsuba tōsōgu 100-sen : kantei to kanshō no tebiki = 100 Tsuba and sword accessories : a guide to evaluation and appreciationNice book with 100 excellent sword fittings.
Title: katchū men mononofu no kasō
Author: Kazuo Iida
Publisher: Tōken shunjū, 2010
ISBN: 978-4-86366-081-6
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 320+9 pages, 26 cm by 18.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Menpō, Sōmen
ID: B0203
This is as far as I know the only serious book on menpō . Several of the examples in the book have become famous and have ended up in big collections. This is a reprint in softcover from the hardcover version from 1991 (B0014). The pictures in the big hard cover edition are slightly better in my eyes.
Title: Katchū men mononofu no kasō
Author: Kazuo Iida
Publisher: Tōken shunjū shinbunsha, 1991
ISBN: 4-88583-011-7
Language: Japanese, some English
Illustrations: Few color pictures, many black and white pictures
Other: 320 + 9 pages, 30 cm by 21.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Menpō, Sōmen
ID: B0014
This is as far as I know the only serious book on menpō . Several of the examples in the book have become famous and have ended up in big collections. En reprint in softcover was published a few years ago (see B0203). The pictures in this big hard cover edition are slightly better in my eyes.
