Title: Nihon no yoroi ten : Hatsukōkai no meihin o chūshin niAuthor: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozonkai Publisher: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozonkai, 1970
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, 1 color picture
Other: 20.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi,
Bugu,
Kabuto,
Katchū,
Menpō ID: B0345
Very nice exhibition catalog with 44 armors and 11 very old kabuto.
Title: Kinki no meikō
Author: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozonkai
Publisher: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai, 1998
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 100 pages, 30.5 cm by 21.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Teppō
ID: B0193
Very nice and now rare publication from the Osaka regio branch (Kinki) of the The Armour society. Many pieces you will probably not find in any mainstream publication. Does also include several old akodanari kabuto and haramaki etc. Limited to 300.
Title: Mononofu no yosooi: Odawara hachi to nihon katchū no meihin
Author: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozonkai, Odawara shi
Publisher: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozonkai, 2001
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 47 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō
ID: B0130
Nice catalog of an exhibition co-organized by the Japanese armour society with full armour sets and kabuto. Pictures of the mei of the kabuto (when available) are also for once included.
Title: Odawara-jō katchū ten - sengoku kara kinsei no katchū
Author: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozonkai, Odawara-jō Tenshukaku
Publisher: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozonkai, 2011
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 94 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō
ID: B0114
Excellent catalog with 41 pieces. The very nice thing about this catalog is that the armours and kabuto all have multiple pictures from different angles.
Celebrating the beauty of Japanese samurai armour