Title: Yūsoku kojitsu zuten : fukusō to kojitsu Author: Keizō Suzuki Publisher: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1995 ISBN: 4-642-07467-8 C1021 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures, line drawings, few color illustrations Other: 196 pages, 22 cm by 16 cm, hardcover Topics:History, Katchū, Paintings, Tōsōgu ID: B0434
Illustrated dictionary of ancient Japanese court and military practices
Title: Zukai Nihon katchū jiten Author: Yoshihiko Sasama Publisher: Yûzan Kakushuppan Co., 1973 ISBN: 4-639-00779-5 C2572 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures, some color illustrations Other: 299 pages, 22 cm by 16 cm, hardcover Topics:Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Sōmen ID: B0433
Armor encyclopedia with many black and white pictures, some line drawings (and a handful color illustrations).
Title: Rekishi Gunzō no. 97 Author: Gakushū Kenkyūsha Publisher: Gakushū Kenkyūsha, 2009 ISBN: 4910096771097 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white (and some color) pictures Other: 192 pages, 26 cm by 18 cm, softcover Topics:History, Katchū ID: B0428
Mostly non samurai related, but one small article about the work of both Miura armor-makers brothers
Title: Tōsei gusoku no kabuto no tatemono : sono dezain to kinō Author: Teruo Doi Publisher: Yūzankaku, 2007 ISBN: 978-4-639-01984-8 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 329 pages, 12.5 cm by 16 cm, hardcover Topics:Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū ID: B0426
This is as far as I know the only book specific about maedate. Professor Doi worked at Wased university and was member of the NKBKHK.
Title: Samurai Warriors Author: Stephen R. Turnbull, James Fiels Publisher: Blandford Press, 1987 ISBN: 0-7137-1767-X Language: English Illustrations: Black and white pictures, Color illustrations Other: 160 pages, 25 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover Topics:History, Katchū, Samurai ID: B0424
One of the classic introduction books to Samurai history.
Title: Bijuaru Sengoku 1000-nin : Ōnin no Ran kara Ōsakajō Enjō made ransei no dorama o yomu Author: Tetsuo Owada Publisher: Sekai Bunkasha, 2009 ISBN: 978-4-418-09201-7 C1021 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 351 pages, 26 cm by 18.5 cm, softcover Topics:History, Katchū, Paintings ID: B0423
Book about 1000 historical figures from the Sengoku period. Illustrated, when possible, with remains of castles, paintings of the person and here and there an armor.
Title: Toraba Collection - Gusoku Series Volume I - A Detailed Study of Tokugawa Clan & Bakufu Daimyō Samurai Armour Sets Author: Trevor Absolon Publisher: Toraba Samurai Art, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-9867615-1-5 Language: English Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 112 pages, 28 cm by 21.5 cm, softcover Topics:Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō ID: B0421
Detailed description with many pictures of two high-end armors that were in the (sales) collection of the author. Until now, only volume 1 has been published.
One of the early great introductory texts in English, lavishly illustrated with (among others) pieces from the Stibbert Collection in Florence and the Museo Orientale in Venice.
Title: Yūsoku kojitsu zukan
Title: Yūsoku kojitsu zuten : fukusō to kojitsu
Title: Zukai Nihon katchū jiten
Title: Rekishi Gunzō no. 97
Title: Tōsei gusoku no kabuto no tatemono : sono dezain to kinō
Title: Samurai Warriors
Title: Bijuaru Sengoku 1000-nin : Ōnin no Ran kara Ōsakajō Enjō made ransei no dorama o yomu
Title: Toraba Collection - Gusoku Series Volume I - A Detailed Study of Tokugawa Clan & Bakufu Daimyō Samurai Armour Sets
Title: Japanese Arms & Armor
Title: Arms and Armour of the Samurai
