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.
Title: Denshō no waza to sōzō no bi Author: Zennihon Tōshōkai Publisher: Zennihon Tōshōkai, 2011 ISBN: 978-4-9905267-3-3 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 48 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0223
Nice catalog on newly made swords, tsuba etc. at the occasion of the second exhibition around the theme in 2011.
Title: Nihontō - yūkyū no bi o mitsumete Author: Zennihon Tōshōkai Publisher: Zennihon Tōshōkai, 2012 ISBN: 978-4-9905267-5-7 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 63 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0222
Nice catalog on newly made swords, tsuba etc. at the occasion of the third exhibition around the theme in 2012. One tsuba of the fabulous Ford Hallam is included in the catalog.
Title: Shashin de oboeru nihontō no kiso chishiki II = Introduction to Japanese swords through pictures 2 Author: Zennihon Tōshōkai Publisher: Zennihon Tōshōkai Jigyobu, 2010 ISBN: 978-4-9905267-0-2 Language: Japanese and English Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 48 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0221
The simple but nice bi-lingual follow up introduction level booklet on Japanese swords. In this second volume, the main focus is on the manufacturing of the sword.
Title: Shashin de oboeru nihontō no kiso chishiki = Introduction to Japanese swords through pictures Author: Zennihon Tōshōkai Publisher: Terebi Setōchi Kurieito, 2009 ISBN: 978-4-9902316-2-0 Language: Japanese and English Illustrations: Color pictures Other: 48 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0220
A simple but nice bi-lingual introduction on how you handle Japanese swords, some terminology etc.
Title: Yasukunitō : dentō to bi no kyokuchi Author: Tom Kishida Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1999 ISBN: 4-639-01551-8 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 116 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0217
Book from Tom Kishida about the Yasukuni swords. A separate English translation was made by Kenji Mishima and published by the Japanese Sword Society of the United States (B0229). Tom Kishida published a book on the same topic “The Yasukuni Swords – Rare Weapons of Japan 1933-1945” in 2004 with Kodansha International (B0460).
Title: Nihontō no koshirae (Nihon no bijutsu No. 332)
Title: Denshō no waza to sōzō no bi
Title: Nihontō - yūkyū no bi o mitsumete
Title: Shashin de oboeru nihontō no kiso chishiki II = Introduction to Japanese swords through pictures 2
Title: Shashin de oboeru nihontō no kiso chishiki = Introduction to Japanese swords through pictures
Title: Meitō 100sen : Owari tokugawake denrai
Title: Tōkō fujieda teruyoshi to sono jidai
Title: Yasukunitō : dentō to bi no kyokuchi
Title: Satsuma koshirae Zuroku