Title: Zukai buki katchū zenshi Nihon hen - Shinwa kara sengoku, Edo jidai made Author: Tamio Tobe Publisher: Sōgō Tosho, 2009 ISBN: 978-4-86298-034-2 C9421 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white Illustrations Other: 95 pages, 25 cm by 25 cm, softcover Topics:Bugu, Katchū, Teppō ID: B0480
Overview of arms and armor from all periods, illustrated with line drawings.
Title: Edo no dandizumu - otoko no bigaku Author: Shigeki Kawakami Publisher: Seigensha, 2007 ISBN: 978-4-86152-110-2 C0371 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 115 pages, 25 cm by 25 cm, softcover Topics:Culture, Kabuto, Katchū, Netsuke, Paintings, Samurai, Tōsōgu ID: B0478
Edo and Dandyism. A nicely illustrated book about the “extravagant” fashion in the Edo period.
Title: Nihon katchū no jisshōteki kenkyū (Zōho) Author: Motoo Yamagishi Publisher: Tsukubanesha, 1997 ISBN: 4-924836-22-2 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 902 pages, 26.5 cm by 19 cm, hardcover Topics:Kabuto, Katchū ID: B0471
This is one of the hard core books (all by Mr. Yamagishi) about the (de)construction of Japanese Armor. In this book, each chapter focuses on the construction of one armor, with (few) detailed pictures. One can only dream of an English version with countless detailed pictures and drawings…