Category Archives: Book Review

Book Review: Fudai daimyo akimotoke to kawagoehan by Kawagoe Shiritsu Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Fudai daimyo akimotoke to kawagoehan by Kawagoe Shiritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Fudai daimyo akimotoke to kawagoehan : Kawagoe orimono no ishizue o kizuita daimyo akimotoke : Shisei shiko 90shunen kinen tokubetsuten tenji zuroku
Author: Kawagoe Shiritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kawagoe Shiritsu Hakubutsukan, 2012
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 88 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0280

Nice catalog with one armour, few other samurai related items and many nice documents and scrolls.

Book Review: Kami ni natta tonosama by Takatsukishiritsu shiroato rekishikan

Book Review: Kami ni natta tonosama by Takatsukishiritsu shiroato rekishikanTitle: Kami ni natta tonosama : nagai jinja no meihō to takatsukihan shiroato rekishikan nagai naokiyo kanren
Author: Takatsukishiritsu Shiroato Rekishikan
Publisher: Takatsukishiritsu Shiroato Rekishikan, 2012
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 68 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0279

Nice catalog with some armours, documents, statues, and other samurai related items.

Book Review: Susume odawara hōjō shi by Negishi keiba kinen kōen uma no hakubutsukan

Book Review: Susume odawara hōjō shi by Negishi keiba kinen kōen uma no hakubutsukanTitle: Susume odawara hōjō shi
Author: Negishi keiba kinen kōen uma no hakubutsukan
Publisher: Bajibunkazaidan, 2011
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 63 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Documents, Kabuto, Kura, Paintings
ID: B0278

Nice exhibition catalog from the Equine museum of Japan (located in Yokohama). Many documents, some kabuto and kura.

Book Review: Heike nōkyō to Itsukushima no hōmotsu by Hiroshima Kenritsu Bijutsukan, Chūgoku Shinbunsha and NHK Chūgoku Sofuto Pura

Book Review: Heike nōkyō to Itsukushima no hōmotsu by Hiroshima Kenritsu Bijutsukan, Chūgoku Shinbunsha and NHK Chūgoku Sofuto PuraTitle: Heike nōkyō to Itsukushima no hōmotsu
Author: Chūgoku Shinbunsha, Hiroshima Kenritsu Bijutsukan, NHK Chūgoku Sofuto Pura
Publisher: Hiroshima Kenritsu Bijutsukan, 1997
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 199 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0277

Beautiful catalog with important pieces from the Itsukushima shrine.

Book Review: Ieyasu no isan – Sunpu owakemono by Tokugawa Bijutsukan and Tokugawa Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Ieyasu no isan – Sunpu owakemono by Tokugawa Bijutsukan and Tokugawa HakubutsukanTitle: Ieyasu no isan - Sunpu owakemono
Author: Tokugawa Bijutsukan, Tokugawa Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Tokugawa Hakubutsukan, 1992
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 265 + 15 pages, 30 cm by 22.5cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0276

Beautiful exhibition catalog celebrating the 450th anniversary of the first Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Some of his famous armours, but also many other items from his household, documents etc.

Book Review: Tsuwamono domo no hikari to kage – Inage Saburō to Sono jidai by Kawasaki Shi Shimin Myūjiamu

Book Review: Tsuwamono domo no hikari to kage – Inage Saburō to Sono jidai by Kawasaki Shi Shimin MyūjiamuTitle: Tsuwamono domo no hikari to kage - Inage Saburō to Sono jidai
Author: Kawasaki Shi Shimin Myūjiamu
Publisher: Kawasaki Shi Shimin Myūjiamu, 2007
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 96 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings
ID: B0275


Exhibition catalog with material (some armour, many scrolls, documents, excavated materials…) from the 12-14th century.

Book Review: Tokugawa gosanke ten by Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Tokugawa gosanke ten by Kagawa-ken Rekishi HakubutsukanTitle: Tokugawa gosanke ten : kaikan kinen tokubetsuten
Author: Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kagawa-ken Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 2000
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 219 pages, 30 cm by 22 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Inrō, Kabuto, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0274


Nice exhibition catalog with a wide range of items related to Tokugawa. Several armours.

Book Review: Echizen yamagatake to takeda shingen by Fukui Shiritsu Kyōdo Rekishi Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Echizen yamagatake to takeda shingen by Fukui Shiritsu Kyōdo Rekishi HakubutsukanTitle: Echizen yamagatake to takeda shingen
Author: Fukui Shiritsu Kyodo Rekishi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Fukui Shiritsu Kyodo Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 2007
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 29 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Paintings
ID: B0273


Thin exhibition catalog concerning the Echizen Yamagate family – Takeda Shingen relation. Only one armour and one kabuto, mainly interesting for some nice scrolls.

Book Review: Dai Tokugawa ten by “Dai Tokugawa Ten” Shusai Jimukyoku, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Dai Tokugawa ten by “Dai Tokugawa Ten” Shusai Jimukyoku, Tōkyō Kokuritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Dai Tokugawa ten
Author: "Dai Tokugawa Ten" Shusai Jimukyoku, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: "Dai Tokugawa Ten" Shusai Jimukyoku, 2007
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 309 pages, 30 cm by 23 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0272


Beautiful catalog of a magnificent exhibition held in the Tokyo National Museum in 2007 : “Legacy of the Tokugawa – The glories and treasures of the last samurai dynasty”. The exhibition was the first time that major possessions of the Tokugawa Shoguns, the three branch Tokugawa Daimyos (Owari, Kii and Mito) and several shrines and temples are put together on display.

The all color catalog contains many items, including several of the famous Tokugawa armours.

Book Review: Shingen Kenshin, soshite densetsu no gunshi by Yamanashi Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, Niigata Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Ōsaka Rekishi Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Shingen Kenshin, soshite densetsu no gunshi by Yamanashi Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, Niigata Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Ōsaka Rekishi HakubutsukanTitle: Shingen Kenshin, soshite densetsu no gunshi - Taiga dorama tokubetsuten fūrin kazan
Author: Niigata Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Ōsaka Rekishi Hakubutsukan, Yamanashi Kenritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: NHK Puromōshon, 2007
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 239 pages, 30 cm by 23 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings
ID: B0271


Very nice book related to Shingen Kenshin, published at the occasion of the taiga drama.