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Book Review: Ieyasu no isan – Sunpu owakemono by Tokugawa Bijutsukan and Tokugawa Hakubutsukan

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Book Review: Ieyasu no isan – Sunpu owakemono by Tokugawa Bijutsukan and Tokugawa HakubutsukanTitle: Ieyasu no isan - Sunpu owakemono
Author: Tokugawa Bijutsukan, Tokugawa Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Tokugawa Hakubutsukan, 1992
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 265 + 15 pages, 30 cm by 22.5cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0276

Beautiful exhibition catalog celebrating the 450th anniversary of the first Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Some of his famous armours, but also many other items from his household, documents etc.

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Book Review: Tsuwamono domo no hikari to kage – Inage Saburō to Sono jidai by Kawasaki Shi Shimin Myūjiamu

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Book Review: Tsuwamono domo no hikari to kage – Inage Saburō to Sono jidai by Kawasaki Shi Shimin MyūjiamuTitle: Tsuwamono domo no hikari to kage - Inage Saburō to Sono jidai
Author: Kawasaki Shi Shimin Myūjiamu
Publisher: Kawasaki Shi Shimin Myūjiamu, 2007
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 96 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings
ID: B0275

Exhibition catalog with material (some armour, many scrolls, documents, excavated materials…) from the 12-14th century.

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Book Review: Tokugawa gosanke ten by Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan

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Book Review: Tokugawa gosanke ten by Kagawa-ken Rekishi HakubutsukanTitle: Tokugawa gosanke ten : kaikan kinen tokubetsuten
Author: Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 2000
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 219 pages, 30 cm by 22 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Inrō, Kabuto, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0274

Nice exhibition catalog with a wide range of items related to Tokugawa. Several armours.

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Book Review: Echizen yamagatake to takeda shingen by Fukui Shiritsu Kyōdo Rekishi Hakubutsukan

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Book Review: Echizen yamagatake to takeda shingen by Fukui Shiritsu Kyōdo Rekishi HakubutsukanTitle: Echizen yamagatake to takeda shingen
Author: Fukui Shiritsu Kyodo Rekishi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Fukui Shiritsu Kyodo Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 2007
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 29 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Paintings
ID: B0273

Thin exhibition catalog concerning the Echizen Yamagate family – Takeda Shingen relation. Only one armour and one kabuto, mainly interesting for some nice scrolls.

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Book Review: Dai Tokugawa ten by “Dai Tokugawa Ten” Shusai Jimukyoku, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan

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Book Review: Dai Tokugawa ten by “Dai Tokugawa Ten” Shusai Jimukyoku, Tōkyō Kokuritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Dai Tokugawa ten
Author: "Dai Tokugawa Ten" Shusai Jimukyoku, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: "Dai Tokugawa Ten" Shusai Jimukyoku, 2007
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 309 pages, 30 cm by 23 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0272

Beautiful catalog of a magnificent exhibition held in the Tokyo National Museum in 2007 : “Legacy of the Tokugawa – The glories and treasures of the last samurai dynasty”. The exhibition was the first time that major possessions of the Tokugawa Shoguns, the three branch Tokugawa Daimyos (Owari, Kii and Mito) and several shrines and temples are put together on display.

The all color catalog contains many items, including several of the famous Tokugawa armours.

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Book Review: Shingen Kenshin, soshite densetsu no gunshi by Yamanashi Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, Niigata Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Ōsaka Rekishi Hakubutsukan

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Book Review: Shingen Kenshin, soshite densetsu no gunshi by Yamanashi Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, Niigata Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Ōsaka Rekishi HakubutsukanTitle: Shingen Kenshin, soshite densetsu no gunshi - Taiga dorama tokubetsuten fūrin kazan
Author: Niigata Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Ōsaka Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Yamanashi Kenritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: NHK Puromōshon, 2007
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 239 pages, 30 cm by 23 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings
ID: B0271

Very nice book related to Shingen Kenshin, published at the occasion of the taiga drama.

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Book Review: Yanagawa no bijutsu 2 by Yanagawashi Shi Henshū Iinkai

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Book Review: Yanagawa no bijutsu 2 by Yanagawashi Shi Henshū IinkaiTitle: Yanagawa no bijutsu 2 (Yanagawa Bunka Shiryō Shūsei, dai 3 shū 2)
Author: Yanagawashi Shi Henshū Iinkai
Publisher: Yanagawashi Shi Henshū Iinkai, 2007
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures few color pictures
Other: 464+42 pages, 30 cm by 23 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0270

Nice catalog about the many art objects from Yanagawa. Some very interesting armour related items are also displayed, among many other items.

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Book Review: Kabuto no mikata – zunari kabuto kō by Seiichi Asanao

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Book Review: Kabuto no mikata – zunari kabuto kō by Seiichi AsanaoTitle: Kabuto no mikata : zunari kabuto kō
Author: Seiichi Asanao
Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1988
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, some color pictures
Other: 189 pages, 26 cm by 18.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Paintings
ID: B0266

This is the standard work on the evolution zunari kabuto and how they relate to other helmet types. This is the softcover edition. A hardcover edition also exist (B0265).

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Book Review: Kabuto no mikata – zunari kabuto kō by Seiichi Asanao

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Book Review: Kabuto no mikata – zunari kabuto kō by Seiichi AsanaoTitle: Kabuto no mikata : zunari kabuto kō
Author: Seiichi Asanao
Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1976
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, some color pictures
Other: 189 pages, 26 cm by 18.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Paintings
ID: B0265

This is the standard work on the evolution zunari kabuto and how they relate to other helmet types. This is the hardcover edition. A softcover edition also exist (B0266).

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Book Review: Nihon no buki bugu by Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan

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Book Review: Nihon no buki bugu by Tōkyō Kokuritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Nihon no buki bugu
Author: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 1976
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, some color pictures
Other: 26 cm by 18.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0263

Exhibition catalog for what must have been an amazing armour exhibition in the Tokyo National Museum in 1976. A bigger book was published in 1977 (see B0019).