Category Archives: Book Review

Kanzōhin zuroku By Mikawabushi no Yakata Ieyasukan

Kanzōhin zuroku By Mikawabushi no Yakata IeyasukanTitle: Kanzōhin zuroku
Author: Mikawabushi no Yakata Ieyasukan
Publisher: Mikawa Bushi Noyakata Ieyasu Kan, 1992
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 72 pages, 26 by 18 cm
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0361

Interesting inventory catalog of the Mikawabushi no Yakata Ieyasukan museum. 3 armors, 5 kabuto but also few kura, teppo, katan, tōsōgu, maps and paintings.

Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken ten By Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan

Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken ten By Kunōzan Tōshōgū HakubutsukanTitle: Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken ten
Author: Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan, 1973
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 99 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm
Topics: Ceramics, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Paintings
ID: B0359

Interesting book with the armors and swords of the Tokugawa clan. (Newer version of B0354?)

Impact on Art Nouveau Metalworks in Late Edo and Meiji Period By Masayuki Murata

Impact on Art Nouveau Metalworks in Late Edo and Meiji Period By Masayuki MurataTitle: Impact on Art Nouveau Metalworks in Late Edo and Meiji Period
Author: Masayuki Murata
Publisher: Maria Shobo, 2011
ISBN: 978-4-89511-572-8
Language: Japanese and English
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 118 pages, 26 cm by 19 cm
Topics: Ceramics, History, Jizai Okimono, Tōsōgu
ID: B0358

Fantastic book on art nouveau in Japan in Edo and Meiji periods with great photography. No armors but some tōsōgu.

Bushō no idetachi: kawari kabuto to kassen byōbu by Kishiwada Shiritsu Kyōdo Shiryōkan

Bushō no idetachi: kawari kabuto to kassen byōbu by Kishiwada Shiritsu Kyōdo ShiryōkanTitle: Bushō no idetachi: kawari kabuto to kassen byōbu tokubetsuten
Author: Kishiwada Shiritsu Kyōdo Shiryōkan
Publisher: Kishiwada Shiritsu Kyōdo Shiryōkan, 1995
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: 52 pages, 25.5 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Other: Color pictures
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings
ID: B0357

Marvelous exhibition catalog with 52 kawari kabuto and a handful battle screens

Buyō no zōkei : Hitachi no kabuto to tōken By Ibaraki Kenritsu Rekishikan

Buyō no zōkei : Hitachi no kabuto to tōken By Ibaraki Kenritsu RekishikanTitle: Buyō no zōkei : Hitachi no kabuto to tōken : tokubetsuten
Author: Ibaraki Kenritsu Rekishikan
Publisher: Ibaraki Kenritsu Rekishikan, 1988
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 110 pages, 25 cm by 24 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Nihontō
ID: B0356

Fabulous exhibition catalog with many (non-kawari) kabuto. Many Saotome, Gitsu, Takayoshi etc. Also many swords.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi ten by Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Ōsaka Honsha, Ōsakajō Tenshukaku

Toyotomi Hideyoshi ten by Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Ōsaka Honsha, Ōsakajō TenshukakuTitle: Toyotomi Hideyoshi ten : Hō-Taikō no ningenzō to Momoyama bijutsu no seika
Author: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha, Ōsaka Honsha, Ōsakajō Tenshukaku
Publisher: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Ōsaka Honsha, 1981
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 25 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Paintings, Statues, Teppō
ID: B0353

Exhibition catalog centered around Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Only two armors and one kabuto.

Book Review: Iwakuni no shitei bunkazai By Iwakunishi Kyouiku Iinkai Shakai Kyouikuka

Book Review: Iwakuni no shitei bunkazai By Iwakunishi Kyouiku Iinkai Shakai KyouikukaTitle: Iwakuni no shitei bunkazai
Author: Iwakunishi Kyouiku Iinkai Shakai Kyouikuka
Publisher: Iwakunishi Kyouiku Iinkai Shakai Kyouikuka, 1984
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 20 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0352

Thin exhibition catalog with (mainly) several old dō and kabuto. But pictures are small and rather vague.