Title: Armures Japonaises à la XXVe Biennale des Antiquaires Author: Jean-Christophe Charbonnier Publisher: ToriiLinks Editions, 2010 ISBN: 2-9520006-5-4 Language: French and English Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 96 pages, 33 cm by 24.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Tōsōgu ID: B0188
Very nice sales catalog of Jean-Christophe Charbonnier, with armours, kabuto, menpō, bugu, bagu etc. Very beautiful photography as usual, with multiple shots of an armour, as it should be.
Title: Samurai Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco Author: Giuseppe Piva Publisher: Mazzotta, 2009 ISBN: 978-88-202-1921-5 Language: Italian Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 143 pages, 30 cm by 24 cm, softcover Topics:Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0176
Very beautiful exhibition catalog round the Koelliker collection. The exhibition was curated by Giuseppe Piva and contains also articles from Francesco Civita and others. Impressive.
Very nice exhibition catalog from 1984 with many pieces in European collections (private – mainly L.J. Anderson and Bernard Le Dauphin – and public) in 1984, and two top pieces from Yasukuni Jinja in Japan. The black and white pictures are often on the dark side, the color ones are much better. Also a French edition exist.
Title: L'Art Guerrier du Japon: Samouraï Author: Bernard Le Dauphin, L.J. Anderson Publisher: ACTE EPAD, 1987 ISBN: 2-9501257-0-0 EPAD Language: French Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures Other: 117 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Sōmen, Tōsōgu ID: B0170
Very nice catalog from an exhibition in 1987 with some amazing pieces in (then) European collections. Contains mainly pieces from the at that time big and famous collections of L.J. Anderson and Bernard Le Dauphin. The color pictures are gorgeous.
Very nice catalog written by Ian Bottomley at the occasion of the exhibition “Shogun: The Life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu”, held at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, in collaboration with Nikko Toshogu Shrine in 2005. Lavishly illustrated with Tokugawa related armours, documents, fold out screen reproductions, and many other items.
Title: Nihon katchūshi Vol 1. Yayoi jidai kara muromachi jidai Author: Ritta Nakanishi Publisher: Dai Nihon Kaiga, 2008 ISBN: 978-4-499-22954-8 C0031 Language: Japanese and English Illustrations: Color and black and white drawings Other: 96 pages, 25.5 by 26 cm, softcover Topics:Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura ID: B0146
This two volume book series, completely drawn, is actually quite interesting and well done. It is bi-lingual and shows nicely the evolution of armour over time. This first volume focusses on the early armours till Muromachi.
Very nice museum catalog from the Sendai City Museum with armours, guns, swords, battle flags, abumi, kura etc. A newer edition was printed in 2006 that is full color.
Title: Armures Japonaises à la XXVe Biennale des Antiquaires
Title: Samurai Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco
Title: Samurai
Title: L'Art Guerrier du Japon: Samouraï
Title: Echoes of the Samurai
Title: Shogun The life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Title: Honcho Buki Meikan
Title: Nihon katchūshi Vol 1. Yayoi jidai kara muromachi jidai
Title: Buki bugu
Title: Daimyō no sonae : Katchū to buki