Title: Rekishi no naka no teppō denrai : Tanegashima kara Boshin Sensō made = The introduction of guns in Japanese history : from Tanegashima to the Boshin War Author: Kokuritsu Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan Publisher: Kokuritsu Rekishi Minzoku Hakubutsukan, 2006 ISBN: 4-86195-019-8 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color pictures Other: 199 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Documents, Katchū, Teppō ID: B0520
Superb exhibition catalog about the guns used in Japan till the Boshin war.
Haramachi shi, now part of Minami Sōma, is famous for the fabulous Sōma Nomaoi Samurai festival. This set covers the history of the city and it’s festival, with many pictures of armor, kura, abumi, scrolls. battle flags etc.
Title: Bushi no yosooi - Clothes of samurai warriors Publisher: Kȳoto Shoin, 1994 ISBN: 4-7636-7038-7 C0372 Language: Japanese and English Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 95 pages, 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings, Samurai ID: B0346
Nice small book that also highlights some of the other clothes (like kimono, but also others) worn by the samurai elite.
Title: Katchū to meishō Author: Yoshihiko Sasama Publisher: Yūzankaku, 1966 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures, line drawings Other: 242 pages, 20 cm by 14 cm, hardcover Topics:Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings ID: B0444
Brief book of Sasama, with only a few pictures and illustrations of old armor from famous generals.
Title: Katchū - Japanese armor of the Kamakura period Author: Frances Seyssel-Hawley Publisher: Hawley Publications, 1992 ISBN: 0-910704-46-5 Language: English Illustrations: Black and white drawings. Other: 34 pages, 22 cm by 14 cm, softcover Topics:Documents, Kabuto, Katchū ID: B0438
This small booklet contains some picture reproductions from the armor-volumes of the Shuko Jisshu (around 1700).