Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (and dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban

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.

Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (+dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban

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.

Book Review: Lords of the samurai – the legacy of a daimyo family by Yoko Woodson, Melissa M. Rinne, Junichi Tekeuchi et al.

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.

Book Review: Art of the Armor – Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection by J. Gabriel Barbier-Mueller et al.

Book Review: Art of the Armor – Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection by J. Gabriel Barbier-Mueller et al.Title: Art of the Armor - Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection
Author: J.Gabriel Barbier-Mueller
Publisher: Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum/Yale University Press, 2011
ISBN: 978-0-300-17636-0
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 359 pages, 31.5 cm by 26.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Sōmen, Tōsōgu
ID: B0298

Fabulous exhibition collection of one of the best armor collections outside of Japan. This catalog is from 2011, and as the collection itself (traveling all over the world) is still expanding, it is likely that many pieces of the now enlarged collection are not yet in the catalog.

Book Review: Art of the Samurai – Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868 by Morihiro Ogawa, Kazutoshi Harada, et al.

Book Review: Art of the Samurai – Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868 by Morihiro Ogawa, Kazutoshi Harada, et al.Title: Art of the Samurai - Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868
Author: Kazutoshi Harada, Morihiro Ogawa
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-58839-345-6
Language: English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 344 pages, 31 cm by 23.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0297

Superb catalog for what was an amazing exhibition in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Many famous and superb armours, koshirae and swords.

Book Review: Japan The Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185-1868 by Yoshiaki Shimizu (Ed.)

Book Review: Japan The Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185-1868 by Yoshiaki Shimizu (Ed.)Title: Japan The Shaping of Daimyo Culture 1185-1868
Author: Yoshiaki Shimizu
Publisher: National Gallery of Art Washington, 1989
ISBN: 0-8946-8122-2
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 402 pages, 30 cm by 22.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Statues, Tōsōgu
ID: B0296

Superb catalog for what must have been an amazing exhibition in the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Includes more then 20 mostly famous and superb armours.

Book Review: Art of the Samurai – Selections from the Tokyo National Museum by Kazutoshi Harada (ed.)

Book Review: Art of the Samurai – Selections from the Tokyo National Museum by Kazutoshi Harada (ed.)Title: Art of the Samurai - Selections from the Tokyo National Museum
Author: Kazutoshi Harada
Publisher: Bowers Museum, Tokyo National Museum, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-60743-579-2
Language: English
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 206 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Inrō, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0295

Very nice catalog published at the occasion of the ‘Art of Samurai: Selections from the Tokyo National Museum’ exhibition in The Bowers Museum in 2009. The exhibition featured 80 superb pieces, nicely illustrated in this catalog.

Book Review: Robert Winter Oriental Art – A Collection of Fine Japanese Armour and Related Pieces by Robert Winter

Book Review: Robert Winter Oriental Art – A Collection of Fine Japanese Armour and Related Pieces by Robert WinterTitle: Robert Winter Oriental Art - A Collection of Fine Japanese Armour and Related Pieces
Author: Robert Winter
Publisher: Robert Winter, 2008
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 31 cm by 22 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Paintings, Sōmen
ID: B0294

Beautiful sales catalog of Robert Winter. Many high end armours, helmets, masks etc.

 

Book Review: Bugu korekushon = The weapons collection by Kokuritsu Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Bugu korekushon = The weapons collection by Kokuritsu Rekishi Minzoku HakubutsukanTitle: Bugu korekushon = The weapons collection
Author: Kokuritsu Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan Shinkōkai, 2007
ISBN: 978-4-86195-029-2 C0621
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 209 pages, 28.5 cm by 21 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Teppō
ID: B0293

This is volume 5 of the illustrated catalogs of the National Museum of Japanese History, completely dedicated to their weapons collection. 603 items are illustrated in color, ranging from muromachi haramaki do, katana till western style 19th century pistols. Most pieces are Japanese, but not all. As there are many pieces, the pictures are rather small, but still nice. Beautiful book.

 

Book Review: “Hana”– Ōsakajō Tenshukaku meihinshū = “Hana”– The Osaka Castle Museum collection by Takeru Watanabe, Kusuo Uchida and Hiroshi Kitagawa

Book Review: “Hana”– Ōsakajō Tenshukaku meihinshū = “Hana”– The Osaka Castle Museum collection by Takeru Watanabe, Kusuo Uchida and Hiroshi KitagawaTitle: Hana - Ōsakajō Tenshukaku meihinshū = Hana - the Osaka Castle Museum collection
Author: Hiroshi Kitagawa, Kusuo Uchida, Takeru Watanabe
Publisher: Ōsakajō Tenshukaku, 1990
Language: Japanese and English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 216 pages, 28 cm by 23 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Statues, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0291

Fabulous book with many selected pieces from the 8,000 pieces in the Osaka Castle collection. The book, published to celebrate the centennial of the incorporation of Osaka as a city, is as it should be: bi-lingual, full with beautiful pictures and nice explanations. Not only many armours, but also many other samurai items, battle screens (with details) etc.