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Nihon no katchū By Kyōto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan

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Nihon no katchū By Kyōto Kokuritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Nihon no katchū
Author: Kyōto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kyōto kokuritsu hakubutsukan, 1987
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 198 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Sōmen
ID: B0389

Superb catalog of the 1987 armor exhibition at the Kyoto National Museum. This is the cheaper version of the amazing B0024 catalog.

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Eisei bunko no buki bugu By Kumamoto Kenritsu Bijutsukan

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Eisei bunko no buki bugu By Kumamoto Kenritsu BijutsukanTitle: Eisei bunko no buki bugu
Author: Kumamoto Kenritsu Bijutsukan
Publisher: Kumamoto Kenritsu Bijutsukan, 1978
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures, few color pictures
Other: 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0387

Very nice exhibition catalog with a large amount of Hosokawa related armor items from the Eisei Bunku Museum collection.

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Nihon no yoroi to Tō Ken meihinten: Rekishiteki ni Mita: Ōyamazumi jinja no katchū o chūshin to shita

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Nihon no yoroi to Tō Ken meihinten: Rekishiteki ni Mita: Ōyamazumi jinja no katchū o chūshin to shitaTitle: Nihon no yoroi to Tō Ken meihinten: Rekishiteki ni Mita: Ōyamazumi jinja no katchū o chūshin to shita
Author: Yomiyuri shimbun
Publisher: Yomiyuri shimbun, 1962
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0381

Thin exhibition catalog with a heavy focus on old armors (mainly from Ōyamazumi jinja)