Title: Matsui bunko no buki to bugu Author: Kumamoto Kenritsu Bijutsukan Publisher: Kumamoto Kenritsu Bijutsukan , 1994
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 175 pages, 28.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi ,
Bagu ,
Bugu ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Kura ,
Nihontō ,
Paintings ,
Teppō ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0098
A very nice catalog from the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art. Many Samurai items are display with nice (mostly) color pictures: Armours, swords, abumi, bows, guns etc.
Title: Kuroda Nagamasa to Nijūyonki - Kuroda Bushi no sekai Author: Kuroda Nagamasa to Nijūyonki Ten Jikkō Linkai Publisher: Kuroda Nagamasa to Nijūyonki Ten Jikkō Linkai , 2008
Language: Japanese with some English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 201 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi ,
Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Kura ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Paintings ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0096
A fabulous exhibition catalog about the Kuroda clan. Several Kuroda armours are off course in this really well produced catalog, but also many paintings and documents with samurai, armours, maps etc. The descriptions of the 213 items are also in English (in the back of the catalog)
Title: Igyō no yosooi - katchū bugu o chūshin ni Author: Tōmō Rekishi Shiryōkan Publisher: Tōmō Rekishi Shiryōkan , 2002
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 32 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0095
Nice exhibition catalog with several early Edo or Momoyama pieces. exhibition was made in collaboration with the armour society.
Title: Bushi no inori - bugu ni miru shinbutsu no sugata Author: Nagoya-jō Kanri Jimusho-hen Publisher: Nagoya-jō Kanri Jimusho-hen , 2001
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 56 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Paintings ,
Statues ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0094
Exhibition catalog with some famous, but also several non-famous pieces. Several gunbai are shown (from both sites). Most pictures are in black and white.
Title: Kaga hyaku man goku e no michi Author: Ishikawa Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan Publisher: Ishikawa Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan , 2006
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 14 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Paintings ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0092
Thin catalog with Kaga related items.
Title: Bushi no bi to kokoro - okayama no samuraitachi Author: Okayama Kenritsu Hakubutsukan Publisher: Okayama Kenritsu Hakubutsukan , 2006
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 64 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Paintings ,
Statues ,
Teppō ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0089
A nice and full color exhibition catalog that chronicles the armours and attributes of the samurai of the Okayama region.
Title: Kawaguchi korekushon meihinsen: kirameku samurai āto Author: Takatsukishiritsu Shiroato Rekishikan Publisher: Takatsukishiritsu Shiroato Rekishikan , 2010
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 40 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi ,
Bugu ,
Inrō ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Kura ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0085
Nice exhibition catalog with some very beautiful, late edo display armours. Also some other beautiful samurai related items in very good conditions like utsubo, jinbaori etc.
Title: Kaga hyakumangoku no busō to bijutsu Author: Gunma Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan Publisher: Gunma Kenritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan , 2005
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 62 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Paintings ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0081
A very nice catalog that focusses on Kaga. Not only armours but also swords, banners, paintings, kimono etc are nicely displayed.
Title: Nanban tono deai : takayama ukon to ōtomo sōrin no jidai Author: Takatsuki Shiritsushiroato Rekishikan Publisher: Takatsuki Shiritsushiroato Rekishikan , 2012
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 80 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi ,
Ceramics ,
Documents ,
Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Kura ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Paintings ,
Teppō ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0079
Catalog about the European influence on Japanese art, daily items and also armour.
Title: Kogahan no bugu Author: Koga Rekishi Hakubutsukan Publisher: Koga Rekishi Hakubutsukan , 2003
ISBN: None
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 65 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Kabuto ,
Katchū ,
Menpō ,
Nihontō ,
Teppō ,
Tōsōgu ID: B0077
Catalog about samurai armour from the Koga domain.
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Celebrating the beauty of Japanese samurai armour
Title: Matsui bunko no buki to bugu
Title: Kuroda Nagamasa to Nijūyonki - Kuroda Bushi no sekai
Title: Igyō no yosooi - katchū bugu o chūshin ni
Title: Bushi no inori - bugu ni miru shinbutsu no sugata
Title: Kaga hyaku man goku e no michi
Title: Bushi no bi to kokoro - okayama no samuraitachi
Title: Kawaguchi korekushon meihinsen: kirameku samurai āto
Title: Kaga hyakumangoku no busō to bijutsu
Title: Nanban tono deai : takayama ukon to ōtomo sōrin no jidai
Title: Kogahan no bugu
