Book Review: Kabuto: kabuto no bi – sono hensei to zōkei By Fukuyama Shiritsu Fukuyamajō Hakubutsukan, Fukuyamashi Kyōiku Iinkai

Book Review: Kabuto: kabuto no bi – sono hensei to zōkei By Fukuyama Shiritsu Fukuyamajō Hakubutsukan, Fukuyamashi Kyōiku IinkaiTitle: Kabuto: kabuto no bi: sono hensei to zōkei
Author: Fukuyamashi kyōiku Iinkai
Publisher: Fukuyama Shiritsu Fukuyamajō Hakubutsukan, 1984
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, few color pictures
Other: 25.5 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū
ID: B0326

Very nice exhibition catalog with 78 items, all kabuto except one old dō maru. Some are famous but most came from private collections.

Book Review: Katchūten – Kashidoriito odoshi yoroi fukusei kinen by Toyotashi Kyōdo Shiryōkan

Book Review: Katchūten – Kashidoriito odoshi yoroi fukusei kinen by Toyotashi Kyōdo ShiryōkanTitle: Katchūten - Kashidoriito odoshi yoroi fukusei kinen
Author: Toyotashi Kyōdo Shiryōkan
Publisher: Toyodashi Kyōiku Iinkai, 1983
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white picture, 3 color pictures
Other: 47 pages, 25.5 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Paintings
ID: B0325

Nice old exhibition catalog focused on armor with in total of 48 items, most armor, but also some old pictures, books, haniwa and some modern parts like kozane.

Book Review: Kinsei no katchū by Hiroshimashi Rekishi Kagaku Kyōiku Jigyōdan Hiroshimajō

Book Review: Kinsei no katchū by Hiroshimashi Rekishi Kagaku Kyōiku Jigyōdan HiroshimajōTitle: Kinsei no katchū
Author: Hiroshimashi Rekishi Kagaku Kyōiku Jigyōdan Hiroshimajō
Publisher: Hiroshimashi rekishi kagaku kyōiku jigyōdan hiroshimajō, 1995
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 37 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō
ID: B0322


Thin but very nice catalog with 34 beautiful armors and kabuto, most of them not seen in other publications.

Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (and dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban

Book Review: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (and dai ni kan) by Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-banTitle: Gekkan kiku tōken katchū ko bijutsu zenshū (and dai ni kan)
Author: Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban
Publisher: Nihon bijutsu tōken shinbun shukusatsu-ban, 1972, 1975
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, line drawings
Other: 288, 284 pages, 25.5 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0320, B0321


Kind of a “multi yearbook” with the reprinting of the monthly magazine. Many armours and kabuto, tsuba, guns and even some western style armours. Fascinating.

Book Review: Ōmishima no hihō-ten – Setouchi no suigun o shinobu by Ōyamazumi Jinja

Book Review: Ōmishima no hihō-ten – Setouchi no suigun o shinobu by Ōyamazumi JinjaTitle: Ōmishima no hihō-ten - Setouchi no suigun o shinobu
Author: Ōyamazumi Jinja
Publisher: Ōyamazumi Jinja, 1970
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Mirrors
ID: B0319


Ōyamazumi Jinja contains the biggest collection of National Treasures armours. Over the years, they published several catalogs, this is an earlier version of such a catalog. Recent ones have better pictures.

Book Review: Mononofu no haresugata – Chikara yakudō bi by Matsuya Ginza

Book Review: Mononofu no haresugata – Chikara yakudō bi by Matsuya GinzaTitle: Mononofu no haresugata - Chikara yakudō bi
Author: Matsuya Ginza
Publisher: Matsuya Ginza, 1989
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 28 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0318


Very nice and rare catalog of an exhibition held in the art show room of Ginza Matsuya. In total 33 pieces mainly some beautiful kabuto.