Title: 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.
Title: Katchūshi meikan Author: Yoshihiko Sasama Publisher: Tôken shyunjyû shinbunshya, 1975 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 347 pages, 19 cm by 13.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Kabuto, Katchū ID: B0453
First edition of the important overview of the known armor smiths at that time.
Title: Nihon no katchū Author: Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyūkai Publisher: Tokuma Shoten, 1963 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures, few color pictures, line drawings Other: 321 pages, 17.5 cm by 11 cm, hardcover Topics:Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō ID: B0451
Title: Takeda shingen katsuyori no katchū to tōken Author: Ichirō Miura , 2011 ISBN: 978-486366-091-5 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 277 pages, 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm, softcover Topics:Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura ID: B0450
Interesting book about the armors of Takeda Shingen and Takeda Katsuyori.
Title: 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.
Title: 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…
Title: Katchū kantei hikkei Author: Yoshihiko Sasama Publisher: Yūzankaku, 1985 ISBN: 4-639-00503-2 C2072 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures, line drawings Other: 416 pages, 19.5 cm by 13.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Kabuto ID: B0447
The book contains many (small) pictures of kabuto and their signatures, as well as line drawings, some of them about the construction of armor, tools used etc.
Title: 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.
Title: Katana to kendō Author: Yūzankaku Publisher: Yūzankaku, 1940 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 437 pages, 22 cm by 15 cm, softcover Topics:Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū ID: B0445