Very nice catalog that was published in 1990 at the occasion the the exhibition Swords of the Samurai then new Japanese Gallery at the British Museum. The catalog does not only contain a nice selection of swords, but also several famous armours, tsuba, koshirae etc.
Title: Tokugawa Bijutsukan no meikoku (Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum 1) Author: Tokugawa Bijutsukan Publisher: Tokugawa Bijutsukan, 1995 ISBN: 4-88604-018-7 C0070 Language: Japanese with some English Illustrations: Color pictures Other: 230 pages, 26.5 cm by 22 cm, hardcover Topics:Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings ID: B02013
Great catalog from the Tokugawa Art Museum that covers famous treasures from it’s collection.
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.
Very nice publication by Richard Béliveau, written at the occasion of the exhibition “Samurai – The Prestigious Collection of Richard Béliveau”, lavishly illustrated with pieces from his collection. Very nice photography.
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: Swords of the Samurai
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Title: Tōkō fujieda teruyoshi to sono jidai
Title: Ashinoha-gō to meitōten
Title: Meihin zuroku Tokugawa Bijutsukan
Title: Tokugawa Bijutsukan no meikoku (Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum 1)
Title: Shogun The life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Title: Samurai Exquisite Warriors
Title: The age of the samurai
Title: Samurai The Flowering of Japan