Title: Nikkō taikan National Park NikkōNice touristic color catalog for the famous shrine in Nikkō and surroundings.
Title: The Samurai : Recreated in Colour PhotographsHistory book about the samurai where the huge amount of pictures, taken from re-enactments and festivals in Japan are clearly the main attraction.
Title: Impact on Art Nouveau Metalworks in Late Edo and Meiji PeriodFantastic book on art nouveau in Japan in Edo and Meiji periods with great photography. No armors but some tōsōgu.
Title: Samurai - The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior
Author: Clive Sinclaire
Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2001
ISBN: 1-58574-282-1
Language: English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 144 pages, 29 cm by 27 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bugu, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0306
Nice overview book that covers the main weapons of the samurai.
Title: The Shogun Age Exhibition: From the Tokugawa Art Museum, Japan
Author: Keizo Saito, Shinzaburō Ōishi, Tokugawa Bijutsukan, Yoshinobu Tokugawa
Publisher: Shogun Age Exhibition Executive Committee, 1983
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 279 pages, 29 cm by 22 cm, hardcover
Topics: Bugu, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0305
Beautiful catalog of what must have been an amazing traveling exhibition in 1984-1985.
Title: Samurai - Arms - Armor - Costume
Author: Mitsuo Kure
Publisher: Chartwell Books Inc., 2007
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 208 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: History, Samurai
ID: B0304
This book shows the history and development clothing, armor and weaponry of the samurai warrior class using reenactors. Almost 50 costumes are shown, including a line drawing with the different names. The armors uses are replicas.
Title: Bushido The Way of the Warrior
Author: John Newman
Publisher: Gallery Books, 1989
ISBN: 0-8317-1031-4
Language: English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 192 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: History, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0303
General book on the samurai culture, from the early beginnings till the legacy after the second world war. Only a few famous armor are in the book.
Title: Samurai An Illustrated History
Author: Mitsuo Kure
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2002
ISBN: 0-8048-3287-0
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 192 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0302
Nice general samurai overview book with several armors, re-enactors and drawings. The picture on the cover is rather famous as it illustrates that by the time that photography became available, many ‘samurai’ did not know anymore how to put on an armor properly. The sode are reversed…
Title: The Book of the Samurai - The Warrior Class of Japan
Author: Stephen R. Turnbull
Publisher: Magna Books (Bison Books Ltd.), 1982
ISBN: 0-948509-30-9
Language: English
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 192 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: Documents, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0301
This is one of the several books that Stephen R. Turnbull has written about Samurai. This one is a very broad one, and in that sense gives a good overview. Only a few armors ate in the book, but many paintings etc.
Title: Samurai : krijgskunst als levensstijl
Author: Richard Storry, Werner Forman
Publisher: Bruna, 1987
ISBN: 11-9740-113-X
Language: Dutch
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 128 pages, 31 cm by 23.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Bugu, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0300
This is the Dutch translation of The Way of the Samurai (1983) From Richard Storry with pictures of Werner Forman. Includes a limited number of armor pictures. More included in my library as nostalgia.
