Book Review: Kawari kabuto – sengoku no kisō tengai by Kanagawa Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Kawari kabuto – sengoku no kisō tengai by Kanagawa Kenritsu Rekishi HakubutsukanTitle: Kawari kabuto - sengoku no kisō tengai
Author: Kanagawa Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kanagawa Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 2002
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 127 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Paintings
ID: B0110

A fabulous exhibition catalog with many kawari kabuto. It is very nice to see for once the whole set (when available), and not only the kawari kabuto.

 

Book Review: Nakamura kōgatana shūshikan kitaku by Tetsuo Nakamura

Book Review: Nakamura kōgatana shūshikan kitaku by Tetsuo NakamuraTitle: Nakamura kōgatana shūshikan kitaku
Author: Tetsuo Nakamura
Publisher: Nakamura Kōgatana Shūshikan, 1999
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 112 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0109

Catalog that shows the collection of Tetsuo Nakamura (who changed his name later to Tetsuo Ii), as it is hosted in the Nakamura Armor and Swords Museum in Kyoto. Includes some famous pieces.

Book Review: Kassen to Bugu by Ishikawa Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Kassen to Bugu by Ishikawa Kenritsu Rekishi HakubutsukanTitle: Kassen to bugu
Author: Ishikawa Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Ishikawa Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan, 1998
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 130 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings
ID: B0108

A very nice balanced catalog: Several “war” screens with details, armours, kabuto, battle flags, gunbai, scrolls…

Book Review: Draghi e peonie – Capolavori dalla collezione giapponese – Museo Stibbert by Francesco Civita and Dominique Charles Fuchs

Book Review: Draghi e peonie – Capolavori dalla collezione giapponese – Museo Stibbert by Francesco Civita and Dominique Charles FuchsTitle: Draghi e peonie - Capolavori dalla collezione giapponese - Museo Stibbert
Author: Dominique Charles Fuchs, Francesco Civita
Publisher: Edizioni Polistampa, 1999
Language: Italian and English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 85 pages, 28.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0107

Exhibition catalog of the interesting Stibbert Collection. A small part of the collection is in this catalog: kawari kabuto, armours, some sword fittings etc.