Nice book that was published during the process of creating the exhibition “Samurai – A Thousand Years of Cults in Culture” in Malmö in 2004. Although the book is more focussed on the Samurai culture as a whole, it is interesting from an armour perspective as some armours from the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Kunstkamera (St. Petersburg) are in here.
Very nice book that was published at the occasion of an exhibition in 2012 in the Frazier History Museum. Several very nice kabuto and armours (and many other samurai related items). Nice photography.
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.
Very nicely balanced catalog about the Takeda clan: armours, documents, paintings, swords etc. Included is also a dō that is made out of bamboo, said from the sengoku jidai.
Title: Arms, Armures et Objets d'Art du Japon 2009
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