Title: Zukai buki katchū zenshi Nihon hen - Shinwa kara sengoku, Edo jidai made Author: Tamio Tobe Publisher: Sōgō Tosho, 2009 ISBN: 978-4-86298-034-2 C9421 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white Illustrations Other: 95 pages, 25 cm by 25 cm, softcover Topics:Bugu, Katchū, Teppō ID: B0480
Overview of arms and armor from all periods, illustrated with line drawings.
Title: Nihon no kassen bugu jiten (zuroku) Author: Yoshihiko Sasama Publisher: Kashiwa Shobō, 1999 ISBN: 4-7601-1705-9 C1521 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white drawings, black and white pictures Other: 390 pages, 26.5 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Samurai, Teppō ID: B0468
Encyclopedia of arms related things as they are illustrated in battle scrolls, mostly illustrated with line drawings.
Title: The Japanese Sword - The Soul of the Samurai Author: Gregory Irvine Publisher: Weatherhill, 2000 ISBN: 0-8348-0475-1 Language: English Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 128 pages, 26 cm by 22 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu ID: B0458
Nice general book on Japanese Swords. Irvine was the curator of the Far Eastern Department of the V&A.
Title: Samurai the warrior class of Japan Author: Barry Till Publisher: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2003 ISBN: 0-88885-212-6 Language: English and French Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 96 pages, 23 cm by 15 cm, softcover Topics:Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu ID: B0441
Nice catalog (and general introductory text) of an exhibition that was held in 2003 at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada.