Title: Buki bugu Author: Sendai Hakubutsukan Publisher: Sendai Hakubutsukan , 1995
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 91 pages, 21 cm by 19.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi ,
Bagu ,
Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Kura ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Teppō ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0136
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: Daimyō no sonae : Katchū to buki Author: Tokugawa Bijutsukan Publisher: Tokugawa Bijutsukan , 1996
ISBN: 4-88604-020-9 C0070
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 150 pages, 26 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi ,
Bagu ,
Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Kura ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Paintings ,
Teppō ID: B0134
Fabulous catalog of the Tokugawa Art Museum. Armours, kabuto, guns, battle flags, spears, jinbaori, documents, etc. All in color.
Title: Takeda jinja no shūzōhin zuroku Author: Haruo Ueno ,
Takeda Jinja Publisher: Takeda Jinja , 1998
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 81 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Paintings ,
Teppō ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0133
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: Hachisukake no katchū : buke no shōchō Author: Tokushimajō Hakubutsukan Publisher: Tokushima shiritsu tokushimajō hakubutsukan , 1995
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 48 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ID: B0131
Very nice catalog with many armours and kabuto.
Title: Saiga no kabuto o saguru : saiga bachi no keifu shūki Author: Wakayamashiritsu Hakubutsukan Publisher: Wakayamashi Kyōiku Iinkai , 2003
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 88 pages, 3 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Paintings ID: B0127
This is the best catalog about saiga kabuto and it’s evolution. A must for people who like this rather unique stile of kabuto.
Title: Nomaoi no rekishi o furikaeru Author: Nomaoi No Sato Rekishi Minzoku Shiryōkan Publisher: Nomaoi No Sato Rekishi Minzoku Shiryōkan , 1996
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 47 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi ,
Bagu ,
Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Kura ,
Menpō ID: B0124
Very nice catalog with armours from the Soma area, famous for the fabulous Soma Nomaoi samurai festival.
Title: Yamato to Azuma : bugu kara miru Yamato ōken to tōgoku tokubetsu ten Author: Yokohama-shi Furusato Rekishi Zaidan ,
Yokohamashi Rekishi Hakubutsukan Publisher: Yokohamashi Rekishi Hakubutsukan , 2004
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 199 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Statues ID: B0122
This is the best exhibition catalog that exist about pre-heian armours. The other (much more expensive) book that is THE bible for this kind of armour is Nihon jōdai no katchū by Masao Suenaga (B0206).
Title: Samourai: armure du guerrier Author: Jean-Pierre Saccani Publisher: Beaux-arts/TTM editions , 2011
ISBN: 978-2-84278-888-9
Language: French
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 42 pages, 28.5 by 22 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Paintings ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0120
This can be considered the ‘very light’ version of the catalog for the fabulous exhibition held in Paris in 2011 (and later in many places in the world) of the Barbier-Mueller collection. The big catalog is a must have.
Title: Sengoku no yosooi : Izawa shōji katchū korekushon no sekai Author: Oyama Shiritsu Hakubutsukan Publisher: Oyama Shiritsu Hakubutsukan , 2011
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 40 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ID: B0118
Another catalog with pieces from the Izawa collection, an great collection with ashigaru armours. Very similar content as B0117.
Title: Kurogane no takumitachi : Katachizukuru waza to dento Author: Hiroshimashi Kyodo Shiryokan Publisher: Hiroshimashi Kyodo Shiryokan , 2005
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 79 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, paperback
Topics: Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0116
Catalog that is for armour enthousiasts very interesting because it includes a partial (?) color reproduction (but in small size) of a document by Myōchin Muneakira with design drawings of an armour he made/was going to make…
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Celebrating the beauty of Japanese samurai armour
Title: Buki bugu
Title: Daimyō no sonae : Katchū to buki
Title: Takeda jinja no shūzōhin zuroku
Title: Hachisukake no katchū : buke no shōchō
Title: Saiga no kabuto o saguru : saiga bachi no keifu shūki
Title: Nomaoi no rekishi o furikaeru
Title: Yamato to Azuma : bugu kara miru Yamato ōken to tōgoku tokubetsu ten
Title: Samourai: armure du guerrier
Title: Sengoku no yosooi : Izawa shōji katchū korekushon no sekai
Title: Kurogane no takumitachi : Katachizukuru waza to dento
