Category Archives: Book Review

Herinneringen aan Japan, 1850-1870 : foto’s en fotoalbums in Nederlands bezit = “Yomigaeru bakumatsu” by Prentenkabinet van de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden

Herinneringen aan Japan, 1850-1870 : foto’s en fotoalbums in Nederlands bezit = “Yomigaeru bakumatsu” by Prentenkabinet van de Rijksuniversiteit LeidenTitle: Herinneringen aan Japan, 1850-1870 : foto's en fotoalbums in Nederlands bezit = "Yomigaeru bakumatsu"
Author: Prentenkabinet van de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden
Publisher: Staatsuitgeverij, 1987
ISBN: 90-12-054478
Language: Dutch
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 234 pages, 26 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Culture, History
ID: B0454

Great collection of pictures from the middle of the 19th century.

Meishō no kotoba : bujin no ikizama to bigaku 90 quotes by Kazuto Hongō

Meishō no kotoba : bujin no ikizama to bigaku 90 quotes by Kazuto HongōTitle: Meishō no kotoba : bujin no ikizama to bigaku 90 quotes
Author: Kazuto Hongō
Publisher: Paiintānashonaru, 2011
ISBN: 978-4-7562-4117-7 C0072
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 199 pages, 19 cm by 13 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Culture, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings
ID: B0452

Nice collection of famous armors, tea bowls, scrolls etc. are used to illustrate some quotes of historical Japanese figures.

Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi no tōken to katchū by Iten Iida

Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi no tōken to katchū by Iten IidaTitle: Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi no tōken to katchū
Author: Iten Iida
Publisher: Miyaobi Shuppansha, 2013
ISBN: 978-4-86366-096-0
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 277 pages, 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0449

Great overview of some of the arms and armors related to Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Sengoku bushō kabuto hyakusen by Kasakura shuppansha

Sengoku bushō kabuto hyakusen by Kasakura shuppanshaTitle: Sengoku bushō kabuto hyakusen
Author: Kasakura shuppansha
Publisher: Kasakura shuppansha, 2010
ISBN: 978-4-7730-8511-2 C0076
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 248 pages, 18 cm by 15 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū
ID: B0448

Nice collection of (according to the title 100) kabuto from the Sengoku period. As this is more of an art-focused book, sometimes pictures are strangely oriented, or only partially on the paper…

Bushi no yosooi – Clothes of samurai warriors by Nobuhiko Maruyama

Bushi no yosooi – Clothes of samurai warriors by Nobuhiko MaruyamaTitle: Bushi no yosooi - Clothes of samurai warriors
Publisher: Kȳoto Shoin, 1994
ISBN: 4-7636-7038-7 C0372
Language: Japanese and English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 95 pages, 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0346

Nice small book that also highlights some of the other clothes (like kimono, but also others) worn by the samurai elite.