Book Review: Kinsei no katchū by Hiroshimashi Rekishi Kagaku Kyōiku Jigyōdan Hiroshimajō

Book Review: Kinsei no katchū by Hiroshimashi Rekishi Kagaku Kyōiku Jigyōdan HiroshimajōTitle: Kinsei no katchū
Author: Hiroshimashi Rekishi Kagaku Kyōiku Jigyōdan Hiroshimajō
Publisher: Hiroshimashi rekishi kagaku kyōiku jigyōdan hiroshimajō, 1995
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 37 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō
ID: B0322

Thin but very nice catalog with 34 beautiful armors and kabuto, most of them not seen in other publications

Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (+dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban

Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (+dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-banTitle: 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.

Book Review: Mononofu no haresugata: Chikara yakudō bi by Matsuya Ginza

Book Review: Mononofu no haresugata: Chikara yakudō bi by Matsuya GinzaTitle: Mononofu no haresugata: Chikara yakudō bi
Author: Matsuya Ginza
Publisher: Matsuya Ginza, 1989
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 28 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0318

Very nice and rare catalog of an exhibition held in the art show room of Ginza Matsuya. In total 33 pieces mainly some beautiful kabuto.

Book Review: Kanagawa no katchū meihin ten by Nihon katchū bugu kenyū hozon kai Kanagawa bunbu

Book Review: Kanagawa no katchū meihin ten by Nihon katchū bugu kenyū hozon kai Kanagawa bunbuTitle: Kanagawa no katchū meihin ten
Author: Nihon katchū bugu kenyū hozon kai Kanagawa bunbu
Publisher: Nihon katchū bugu kenyū hozon kai Kanagawa bunbu, 1988
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Sōmen
ID: B0315

Very nice exhibition catalog from the (then) Kanagawa branch of the armor society, at the occasion of an exhibition related to the 27th annual meeting in 1988. 43 beautiful pieces are shown in color, many of them probably not in many other books or catalogs.  Saotome, nanban, saiga, kawari etc…

Book Review: Yamagataken bunkazai chōsa hōkokusho. 15, Yamagataken no katchū by Yamagataken Kyōiku Iinkai

Book Review: Yamagataken bunkazai chōsa hōkokusho. 15, Yamagataken no katchū by Yamagataken Kyōiku IinkaiTitle: Yamagataken bunkazai chōsa hōkokusho. 15, Yamagataken no katchū
Author: Yamagataken Kyōiku Iinkai
Publisher: Yamagataken Kyōiku Iinkai, 1968
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 59+11 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō
ID: B0313

Old and rather rare booklet from 1968 related to armours from Yamagata prefecture. Some armours are famous, and although the pictures are small, it is always interesting to see how they looked and were set up almost 50 years ago…

Book Review: Samurai – The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior by Clive Sinclaire

Book Review: Samurai – The Weapons and Spirit of the Japanese Warrior by Clive SinclaireTitle: 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.

Book Review: The Shogun Age Exhibition: From the Tokugawa Art Museum, Japan by Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Shinzaburō Ōishi, Keizo Saito, Tokugawa Bijutsukan

Book Review: The Shogun Age Exhibition: From the Tokugawa Art Museum, Japan by Yoshinobu Tokugawa, Shinzaburō Ōishi, Keizo Saito, Tokugawa BijutsukanTitle: 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.