Bushido, the magazine that Robert Benson and Elton K. Ericson started to publish in 1979, lasted only 9 numbers but what an achievement it was. Each magazine contains interesting articles on armour, nihonto, tōsōgu and budō. I have only but admiration for what they accomplished in an age where it was quite hard (and expensive) to publish a partially color magazine.
Very nice museum catalog from the Sendai City Museum with armours, guns, swords, battle flags, abumi, kura etc. A newer edition was printed in 2006 that is full color.
Very nicely balanced catalog about the Takeda clan: armours, documents, paintings, swords etc. Included is also a dō that is made out of bamboo, said from the sengoku jidai.
Title: Meitō hyaku tō ten Author: Okayama Ritsu Hakubutsukan Publisher: Okayama Ritsu Hakubutsukan, 1990 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures Other: 47 pages, 27 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Kabuto ID: B0132
Great catalog with 105 kabuto, 12 of them in color.
Nice catalog of an exhibition co-organized by the Japanese armour society with full armour sets and kabuto. Pictures of the mei of the kabuto (when available) are also for once included.
Title: Bushido International Journal of Japanese Arms (9 numbers)
Title: Buki bugu
Title: The Jack Paras collection of Japanese swords, fittings and armor
Title: Daimyō no sonae : Katchū to buki
Title: Takeda jinja no shūzōhin zuroku
Title: Meitō hyaku tō ten
Title: Hachisukake no katchū : buke no shōchō
Title: Mononofu no yosooi: Odawara hachi to nihon katchū no meihin
Title: Rekishi no kuni izumi meitō katchū ten
Title: Nihon no katchū : Iwasakijō no jidai