Book review: Nihon jōdai no katchū by Masao Suenaga

Book review: Nihon jōdai no katchū by Masao SuenagaTitle: Nihon jōdai no katchū
Author: Masao Suenaga
Publisher: Sōgensha, 1944
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 411+12+26+115 pages, 27.5 cm by 20.5 cm, hardcover
ID: B0262

The Nihon jōdai is a monumental book from 1944, completely dedicated to the old, pre-Heian, armours of Japan. It includes also study reproductions. Masao Suenaga is one of the handful armour researchers that people still talk about with a lot of respect. In 1981, the book was bundled with Nihon jōdai no buki  (1941) in a fabulous bookset, see B0206.

Book Review: Nihon jōdai no katchū – Nihon jōdai no buki by Masao Suenaga

Book Review: Nihon jōdai no katchū – Nihon jōdai no buki by Masao SuenagaTitle: Nihon jōdai no katchū - Nihon jōdai no buki
Author: Masao Suenaga
Publisher: Mokujisha, 1981
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white picture, drawings, very few color pictures
Other: 586 + 115, 591 + 160 pages, 26.5 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō
ID: B0206

This fabulous book set is actually a 1981 reprint of two books, one from 1941 and one from 1944 (B0262), completely dedicated to the old, pre-Heian, armours of Japan. It includes also study reproductions. Masao Suenaga is one of the handful armour researchers that people still talk about with a lot of respect. The book set was originally sold for 145,000 yen…