Title: Katchū (Nihon no bijutsu No. 24)Author: Motoharu Ozaki Publisher: Shibundo Publishing, 1968
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 110 pages, 23 cm by 18.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto,
Katchū,
Paintings ID: B0371
Fabulous armor issue from this acclaimed series on Japanese arts. Many, many pictures, mostly black and white and with a heavy bias towards the older armors.
Title: Nihontō no koshirae (Nihon no bijutsu No. 332)
Author: Nobuo Ogasawara
Publisher: Shibundo Publishing, 1994
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 98 pages, 23 cm by 18.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0224
Nihon no bijutsu was a fabulous series on Japanese art, with 545 issues published between 1966 and 2011. A few issues were devoted to Japanese arms and Armour. This issue, written by Nobuo Ogasawara, focusses on the history of koshirae. Lavisly illustrated with color and black and white pictures.
Celebrating the beauty of Japanese samurai armour