A fabulous report on the making of a faithful reproduction by Muneyuki Myōchin of the famous Ō-yoroi from the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Many color pictures (a few too dark) show the work in progress.
A very nice catalog from the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art. Many Samurai items are display with nice (mostly) color pictures: Armours, swords, abumi, bows, guns etc.
A fabulous exhibition catalog about the Kuroda clan. Several Kuroda armours are off course in this really well produced catalog, but also many paintings and documents with samurai, armours, maps etc. The descriptions of the 213 items are also in English (in the back of the catalog)
Exhibition catalog with some famous, but also several non-famous pieces. Several gunbai are shown (from both sites). Most pictures are in black and white.
Title: Kokuhō shiro ito odoshi yoroi fukugen hōkoku-sho Author: Izumoshi Kiyouikuiinkai Publisher: Izumoshi Kiyouikuiinkai, 1996 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures Other: 84 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Documents, Kabuto, Katchū ID: B0093
This is a report that was written to journal the reproduction by Muneyuki Myôchin of a famous national treasure Ō-yoroi. Fascinating if you are interested in the making of old style samurai armour.
Title: Musha mamori no dezain
Title: Kabuto musha no haresugata
Title: Ashikaga takauji kō yukari no yoroi fukugen kiroku
Title: Hidenaga to kōriyama yukari no hitobito
Title: Matsui bunko no buki to bugu
Title: Sengoku fasshon - Bushō no bigaku
Title: Kuroda Nagamasa to Nijūyonki - Kuroda Bushi no sekai
Title: Igyō no yosooi - katchū bugu o chūshin ni
Title: Bushi no inori - bugu ni miru shinbutsu no sugata
Title: Kokuhō shiro ito odoshi yoroi fukugen hōkoku-sho
