Title: Armures Japonaises à la XXVIe Biennale des Antiquaires Author: Jean-Christophe Charbonnier Publisher: ToriiLinks Editions, 2012 ISBN: 2-9520006-6-2 Language: French and English Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 80 pages, 33 cm by 24.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Sōmen ID: B0189
Very nice sales catalog of Jean-Christophe Charbonnier, with armours, kabuto, menpō, sōmen etc. Several pieces have several pictures from different angles, as a good book should have.
Title: Armures du Japon : 100 pièces sélectionnées dans la collection de la Fondation Kōzu de Kyōto Author: Robert Burawoy Publisher: ToriiLinks Editions, 2005 ISBN: 2-9520006-1-1 Language: French Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 128 pages, 37.5 cm by 22 cm, hardcover Topics:Abumi, Bugu, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Sōmen ID: B0185
Very beautiful book with 100 selected pieces from the Kōzu Foundation in Kyoto. The format of the book is long and actually allows large and impressive pictures of armour very well.
Nice catalog from the big ‘Europalia 89″ exhibition that was held in Belgium. Contains mostly famous kawari kabuto. That exhibition was with full collaboration of the Japanese Armor Society, something they are still very proud of, and rightly so. Several high level members like Mr. Orikasa (Saotome specialist) and Mr. Miura (Armour maker) flew over and stayed for a while in order to set up the exhibition and do demonstrations. Not all items are illustrated in the catalog.
Title: Samurai Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco Author: Giuseppe Piva Publisher: Mazzotta, 2009 ISBN: 978-88-202-1921-5 Language: Italian Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 143 pages, 30 cm by 24 cm, softcover Topics:Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0176
Very beautiful exhibition catalog round the Koelliker collection. The exhibition was curated by Giuseppe Piva and contains also articles from Francesco Civita and others. Impressive.
Very nice exhibition catalog from 1984 with many pieces in European collections (private – mainly L.J. Anderson and Bernard Le Dauphin – and public) in 1984, and two top pieces from Yasukuni Jinja in Japan. The black and white pictures are often on the dark side, the color ones are much better. Also a French edition exist.
Nice exhibition catalog about the collection of the Musée du Cinquantenaire – Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, with besides armour also tōsōgu, paintings, netsuke, inrō, ukiyō-e,…
Exhibition catalog from an exhibition held by the the Belgian To-ken Club, where I was a member many years ago. It was my first ‘organized exposure’ to armour, swords, tsuba etc.
It is a painful coincidence is that this review comes online almost exactly two weeks after the then ‘voorzitter’ from the society, Willem Dolphyn passed away. So Willem, thank you for my first baby armour steps!
Title: Arts of Asia May-June 1977 Author: W. H. Tilley Publisher: Tuyet Nguyet, 1977 Language: English Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 104 pages, 30 cm by 23 cm, softcover Topics:Inrō, Kabuto, Menpō, Netsuke, Sōmen, Tōsōgu ID: B0171
This number of Arts of Asia contains an article on the history of Japanese armour, nothing ground breaking but nicely illustrated. The issue contains also interesting articles on inro, netsuke ukiyo-e and costumes of the noh theatre.
Title: Armes Japonaises dans les collections privées Françaises Author: Robert Burawoy Publisher: Galerie Robert Burawoy, 1977 Language: French Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures Other: 80 pages, 30.5 cm by 21.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Sōmen, Tōsōgu ID: B0169
This is a pioneering (exhibition) book from Robert Burawoy that shows the quality of the French collections already in the late 70’s. Some of these pieces are still in France, some have moved to other countries. A classic book. The hardcover is limited to 300, numbered and signed. There is also a softcover version.
This magazine issue contains an interesting article on the fabulous Japanese Armour collection (and how it came to be) of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Title: Armures Japonaises à la XXVIe Biennale des Antiquaires
Title: Armures du Japon : 100 pièces sélectionnées dans la collection de la Fondation Kōzu de Kyōto
Title: Daimyō Seigneurs de la guerre
Title: Samurai Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco
Title: Samurai
Title: Kunst in Japan tijdens de Edo-periode 1603-1868
Title: Samurai: Japanse wapens and wapenrustingen
Title: Arts of Asia May-June 1977
Title: Armes Japonaises dans les collections privées Françaises
Title: Orientations October 1992