Nice catalog from the big ‘Europalia 89″ exhibition that was held in Belgium. Contains mostly famous kawari kabuto. That exhibition was with full collaboration of the Japanese Armor Society, something they are still very proud of, and rightly so. Several high level members like Mr. Orikasa (Saotome specialist) and Mr. Miura (Armour maker) flew over and stayed for a while in order to set up the exhibition and do demonstrations. Not all items are illustrated in the catalog.
Title: Samurai Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco Author: Giuseppe Piva Publisher: Mazzotta, 2009 ISBN: 978-88-202-1921-5 Language: Italian Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 143 pages, 30 cm by 24 cm, softcover Topics:Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0176
Very beautiful exhibition catalog round the Koelliker collection. The exhibition was curated by Giuseppe Piva and contains also articles from Francesco Civita and others. Impressive.
Very nice exhibition catalog from 1984 with many pieces in European collections (private – mainly L.J. Anderson and Bernard Le Dauphin – and public) in 1984, and two top pieces from Yasukuni Jinja in Japan. The black and white pictures are often on the dark side, the color ones are much better. Also a French edition exist.
Nice exhibition catalog about the collection of the Musée du Cinquantenaire – Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, with besides armour also tōsōgu, paintings, netsuke, inrō, ukiyō-e,…
Exhibition catalog from an exhibition held by the the Belgian To-ken Club, where I was a member many years ago. It was my first ‘organized exposure’ to armour, swords, tsuba etc.
It is a painful coincidence is that this review comes online almost exactly two weeks after the then ‘voorzitter’ from the society, Willem Dolphyn passed away. So Willem, thank you for my first baby armour steps!
Title: L'Art Guerrier du Japon: Samouraï Author: Bernard Le Dauphin, L.J. Anderson Publisher: ACTE EPAD, 1987 ISBN: 2-9501257-0-0 EPAD Language: French Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures Other: 117 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Sōmen, Tōsōgu ID: B0170
Very nice catalog from an exhibition in 1987 with some amazing pieces in (then) European collections. Contains mainly pieces from the at that time big and famous collections of L.J. Anderson and Bernard Le Dauphin. The color pictures are gorgeous.
Title: Armes Japonaises dans les collections privées Françaises Author: Robert Burawoy Publisher: Galerie Robert Burawoy, 1977 Language: French Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures Other: 80 pages, 30.5 cm by 21.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Sōmen, Tōsōgu ID: B0169
This is a pioneering (exhibition) book from Robert Burawoy that shows the quality of the French collections already in the late 70’s. Some of these pieces are still in France, some have moved to other countries. A classic book. The hardcover is limited to 300, numbered and signed. There is also a softcover version.
This magazine issue contains an interesting article on the fabulous Japanese Armour collection (and how it came to be) of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Very nice catalog written by Ian Bottomley at the occasion of the exhibition “Shogun: The Life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu”, held at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, in collaboration with Nikko Toshogu Shrine in 2005. Lavishly illustrated with Tokugawa related armours, documents, fold out screen reproductions, and many other items.
Title: Daimyō Seigneurs de la guerre
Title: Samurai Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco
Title: Samurai
Title: Kunst in Japan tijdens de Edo-periode 1603-1868
Title: Samurai: Japanse wapens and wapenrustingen
Title: L'Art Guerrier du Japon: Samouraï
Title: Armes Japonaises dans les collections privées Françaises
Title: Orientations October 1992
Title: Echoes of the Samurai
Title: Shogun The life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu