Title: Shumi no katchū Author: Yoshihiko Sasama Publisher: Yūzankaku, 1967 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white drawings, few Black and white pictures Other: 286 pages, 26.5 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō ID: B0267
One of the many books of Yoshihiko Sasama, richly illustrated with line drawings (and a few B&W pictures).
Title: Kabuto no mikata : zunari kabuto kō Author: Seiichi Asanao Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1988 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures, some color pictures Other: 189 pages, 26 cm by 18.5 cm, softcover Topics:Documents, Kabuto, Paintings ID: B0266
This is the standard work on the evolution zunari kabuto and how they relate to other helmet types. This is the softcover edition. A hardcover edition also exist (B0265).
Title: Kabuto no mikata : zunari kabuto kō Author: Seiichi Asanao Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1976 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures, some color pictures Other: 189 pages, 26 cm by 18.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Documents, Kabuto, Paintings ID: B0265
This is the standard work on the evolution zunari kabuto and how they relate to other helmet types. This is the hardcover edition. A softcover edition also exist (B0266).
Although the quality of the pictures could be much better, the book gives a nice view on the armours that were mainly held at the time of publication in the Nagano area. There is no detailed description of the armours. The back of the book contains some reprints of an armour newsletter of Nagano branch of the armour society.
Exhibition catalog for what must have been an amazing armour exhibition in the Tokyo National Museum in 1976. A bigger book was published in 1977 (see B0019).
Old exhibition catalog with a nice selection on armours, swords, tsuba, spears, arrow etc… Interesting to see what was already more then 100 years ago in European collections. Limited to 250.
This is one volume of a magnificent 13 volume set (12 normal volumes + 1 extra volume) that contains the National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties of Japan at the moment of the publication. This volumes contains, among many other things, armours. One could only wish for a full color one and one with bigger pictures.
Beautiful exhibition catalog with pieces from the Osaka Castle Museum regarding Hideyoshi and the culture of the Momoyama period. Very nice combination of armour, documents, screens,…
Nice exhibition catalog. Besides some interesting excavation material and documents, the armour treat is here some nice heian period yoroi details, not only from a very old (fallen apart) armour, but also from a recently made copy.
Title: Yanagawa no bijutsu 2 (Yanagawa Bunka Shiryō Shūsei, dai 3 shū 2)
Title: Shumi no katchū
Title: Kabuto no mikata : zunari kabuto kō
Title: Kabuto no mikata : zunari kabuto kō
Title: Nihon katchū meihin shū
Title: Nihon no buki bugu
Title: Arms and armour of old Japan
Title: Kokuhō jūyō bunkazai taizen 5, Kōgeihin 1
Title: Hideyoshi to Momoyama bunka - Ōsakajō Tenshukaku meihinten
Title: Hatakeyama Shigetada - Yokohama futamatagawa ni chitta musashi bushi tokubetsuten