Title: Mogami Yoshi Aki rekishikan kaikan kinenten zurokuNice catalog with a good mix of items, but only four armors, 1 kabuto. Heavy on documents.
Title: Bizen ikedake no meihō : Hayashibara bijutsukan shozōSome very beautiful items from the bizen Ikeda clan. 2 armors, 3 kabuto, but several kimono, laquerwork, noh masks and many documents.
Title: Tetsu to urushi no geijutsu - Kyōto Arashiyama Bijutsukan zōhinshūGreat catalog of what must have been a superb museum: the Arashiyama Museum in Kyoto. Seems there are two versions of this catalog. One with the military collection also included, and one without (like this one).
Title: Busō : Ōsakajō tenshukaku shūzō bugu-ten : tēma-ten = Armaments : weaponry and material in the collection of Osaka Castle Museum : special exhibitionSuperb exhibition catalog with many armors. kabuto, swords, guns, tsuba and other samurai related armor parts from the Osaka Castle Museum collection.
Title: Shokoku daimyō ke no denrai meihinten - Mononofu no nagoriVery nice catalog with 9 gorgeous armors, and 6 splendid kabuto and many other daimyō grade items in great condition like gunbai, jingasa, jinbaori and several laquered boxes etc.
Title: Hokuō no katchūten - Daimyō gusoku o chūshin toshiteNice exhibition catalog with about 32 armors, handfull helmets, and some other armor related things (abumi, krua, gunbai etc). Some old painting where some of the armor is shown.
Title: Katchū bugu yūhin tenOld but nice exihibtion catalog with 25 (mainly old) armors, 13 kabuto and few other items
Title: Takeda-ke hihō tokubetsutenNice old exhibition catalog centered around the Takeda clan. 6 armors, 7 helmets, other mostly armor related items, screens etc.
Title: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (+dai ni kan)
Author: Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban
Publisher: Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban, 1972+1975
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 288 (+284) pages, 25.5 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0320-B0321
Kind of a “multi yearbook” with the reprinting of the monthly magazine. Many armours and kabuto, tsuba, guns and even some western style armours. Fascinating.
Title: Lords of the samurai : the legacy of a daimyo family
Author: Deborah Clearwaters, Jun'ichi Tekeuchi, Melissa M. Rinne, Thoma F. Clearly, Yoko Woodson
Publisher: Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-939117-46-8
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 222 pages, 31 cm by 23.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0299
Beautiful catalog that was published on the occasion of the exhibition Lords of the samurai – the legacy of a daimyo family, organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Eisei-Bunko Hosokawa Collection (Tokyo), in San Francisco, 2009. Besides the famous armors, also many other beautiful items from the collection are in the catalog.
