Title: Japanese SwordsTranslation of B0558. Nice (but very small size) introduction book with many pictures.
Title: TōkenNice introduction (small size) book with many pictures.
Title: GyokenNice book on koshirae and nihontō.
Title: Tōsōgu, jizai kanagu : Rundoguren korekushon = Japanese sword-fittings and metalwork in the Lundgren collectionVery nice book (with separate translation) of one of the famous European sword-fitting (and jizai okimono) collections.
Title: Swords of the Samurai
Author: Nobuo Ogasawara, Victor Harris
Publisher: British Museum Publications, 1990
ISBN: 0-7141-1450-2
Language: English
Illustrations: Black and white and some color pictures
Other: 175 pages, 28 cm by 21.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0225
Very nice catalog that was published in 1990 at the occasion the the exhibition Swords of the Samurai then new Japanese Gallery at the British Museum. The catalog does not only contain a nice selection of swords, but also several famous armours, tsuba, koshirae etc.
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.
