Title: Yasukunitō : dentō to bi no kyokuchi Author: Tom Kishida Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1999 ISBN: 4-639-01551-8 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 116 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0217
Book from Tom Kishida about the Yasukuni swords. A separate English translation was made by Kenji Mishima and published by the Japanese Sword Society of the United States (B0229). Tom Kishida published a book on the same topic “The Yasukuni Swords – Rare Weapons of Japan 1933-1945” in 2004 with Kodansha International (B0460).
Title: Tokugawa Bijutsukan no meikoku (Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum 1) Author: Tokugawa Bijutsukan Publisher: Tokugawa Bijutsukan, 1995 ISBN: 4-88604-018-7 C0070 Language: Japanese with some English Illustrations: Color pictures Other: 230 pages, 26.5 cm by 22 cm, hardcover Topics:Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings ID: B02013
Great catalog from the Tokugawa Art Museum that covers famous treasures from it’s collection.
Title: Tōken tōsōgu - Swords and Sword Fittings (Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum 3) Author: Tokugawa Bijutsukan Publisher: Tokugawa Bijutsukan, 1998 ISBN: 4-88604-022-5 C0072 Language: Japanese with some English Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 214 pages, 26.5 cm by 22 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0212
Beautiful catalog from the Tokugawa Art Museum with sword and sword fittings.
Title: Pierres et Sabres (Restauration des lames de sabres d'art du Japon) - Stones and Swords (Restauration of Japanese Art Sword Blades) Author: Laurent Milhau Publisher: Kokusai Token Kai, 1999 ISBN: 2-9513535-0-2 Language: French and English Illustrations: Color pictures Other: 96 pages, 28.5 cm by 23 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0211
Interesting book from sword restorer and polisher Laurent Milhau (who passed away in 1999). It was the first western book on this topic.
Title: Japanese Swords and Sword Fittings from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton (Part I, II, III) Author: Christie's New York Publisher: Christie's New York, 1992 Language: English Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 429, 235, 122 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0208
These are the auction catalogs for the fabulous Walter A. Compton collection, probably the best collection on Japanese swords ever outside of Japan (or even maybe including Japan). Mostly nihontō and tōsōgu.
Title: Nihon jōdai no katchū - Nihon jōdai no buki Author: Masao Suenaga Publisher: Mokujisha, 1981 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white picture, drawings, very few color pictures Other: 586 + 115, 591 + 160 pages, 26.5 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō ID: B0206
This fabulous book set is actually a 1981 reprint of two books, one from 1941 and one from 1944 (B0262), completely dedicated to the old, pre-Heian, armours of Japan. It includes also study reproductions. Masao Suenaga is one of the handful armour researchers that people still talk about with a lot of respect. The book set was originally sold for 145,000 yen…
Title: Zusetsu Nihontō yōgo jiten Author: Kōtōken Kajihara Publisher: Fukumatsu Kajihara, 1989 Language: Japanese with some English Illustrations: Some color illustrations, many black and white illustrations Other: 501 + 46 pages, 35 cm by 26 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0186
A fantastic encyclopedic work related to terminology in the nihontō and tōsōgu world. An English supplement/translation exist (that I don’t have yet).
Title: Tōkō fujieda teruyoshi to sono jidai
Title: Yasukunitō : dentō to bi no kyokuchi
Title: Ashinoha-gō to meitōten
Title: Meihin zuroku Tokugawa Bijutsukan
Title: Tokugawa Bijutsukan no meikoku (Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum 1)
Title: Tōken tōsōgu - Swords and Sword Fittings (Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum 3)
Title: Pierres et Sabres (Restauration des lames de sabres d'art du Japon) - Stones and Swords (Restauration of Japanese Art Sword Blades)
Title: Japanese Swords and Sword Fittings from the Collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton (Part I, II, III)
Title: Nihon jōdai no katchū - Nihon jōdai no buki
Title: Zusetsu Nihontō yōgo jiten
