Category Archives: Book Review

Samurai 1550-1600 By Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride (illustrations)

Samurai 1550-1600 By Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride (illustrations)Title: Samurai 1550-1600
Author: Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 1994
ISBN: 1-85532-345-1
Language: English
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, color illustrations
Other: 64 pages, 25 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Samurai, Sōmen
ID: B0401

Brief introduction to the samurai from the sengoku period, with a strong focus on the weapons, armor and tactics. Nice color drawings.

Early Samurai: 200-1500 AD By Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride (illustrations)

Early Samurai: 200-1500 AD By Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride (illustrations)Title: Early Samurai: 200-1500 AD
Author: Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 1991
ISBN: 1-85532-131-9
Language: English
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, color illustrations
Other: 64 pages, 25 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Samurai
ID: B0400

Brief introduction to the origins of the samurai with very nice color illustrations of early and medieval armor.

Samurai Armies 1550-1615 By Stephen R. Turnbull, Richard Hook (illustrations)

Samurai Armies 1550-1615 By Stephen R. Turnbull, Richard Hook (illustrations)Title: Samurai Armies 1550-1615
Author: Stephen R. Turnbull, Richard Hook
Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 1979
ISBN: 0-85045-302-X
Language: English
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, color illustrations
Other: 40 pages, 25 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings, Samurai, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0399

Brief introduction to samurai armies from the sengoku period, with nice color drawings.

Nihon budō-ten (dai ikkai) – kodai yori bakumatsu made no katchū no utsurikawari By Nihon Budōkan

Nihon budō-ten (dai ikkai) – kodai yori bakumatsu made no katchū no utsurikawari By Nihon BudōkanTitle: Nihon budō-ten (dai ikkai) - kodai yori bakumatsu made no katchū no utsurikawari
Author: Nihon Budōkan
Publisher: Nihon Budōkan, 1966
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, 1 color
Other: 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū
ID: B0398

Nice catalog for an exhibition held in the Nihon Budōkan, with more than 60 armors and kabuto from all era.

Hinomisaki jinja hōbutsushū By Izumo Bunka Densyōkan

Hinomisaki jinja hōbutsushū By Izumo Bunka DensyōkanTitle: Hinomisaki jinja hōbutsushū
Author: Izumo Bunka Densyōkan
Publisher: Izumo Bunka Denshōkan, 1995
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 38 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Paintings, Statues, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0397

Catalog about the treasures of the Hinomisaki shrine treasures. Includes 5 armors (among them a fabulous O-yoroi), an amazing helmet and two nodowa.

Toyotomi-ke no meihō – Rare Treasures of the Toyotomi Family By Ōsakajō Tenshukaku

Toyotomi-ke no meihō – Rare Treasures of the Toyotomi Family  By Ōsakajō TenshukakuTitle: Toyotomi-ke no meihō : Heisei no daikaishū shunkō Hideyoshi yonhyakkaiki kinen - Rare Treasures of the Toyotomi Family
Author: Ōsakajō Tenshukaku
Publisher: Ōsakajō Tenshukaku Tokubetsu Jigyō Iinkai, 1997
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 111 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0395

Great exhibition catalog with a very nice balanced set of treasures from the Toyotomi family. Few armors and kabuto.

Yoroi kabuto no sekai – Ōsakajō tenshukaku shūzō katchū-ten By Ōsakajō Tenshukaku

Yoroi kabuto no sekai – Ōsakajō tenshukaku shūzō katchū-ten By Ōsakajō TenshukakuTitle: Yoroi kabuto no sekai - Ōsakajō tenshukaku shūzō katchū-ten
Author: Ōsakajō Tenshukaku
Publisher: Ōsakajō Tenshukaku Tokubetsu Jigyō Iinkai, 1998
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 28 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū
ID: B0394

Thin but great exhibition catalog with many armors and kabuto.