Book Review: Tokugawa Bijutsukan no meikoku (Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum 1) by Tokugawa Bijutsukan

Book Review: Tokugawa Bijutsukan no meikoku (Treasures from the Tokugawa Art Museum 1) by Tokugawa BijutsukanTitle: 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.

Book Review: Kunst in Japan tijdens de Edo-periode 1603-1868 by Chantal Kozyreff

Book Review: Kunst in Japan tijdens de Edo-periode 1603-1868 by Chantal KozyreffTitle: Kunst in Japan tijdens de Edo-periode 1603-1868
Author: Chantal Kozyreff
Publisher: La Renaissance du Livre, 2003
ISBN: 2-8046-734-8
Language: Dutch
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 189 pages, 28.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Inrō, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0173

Nice exhibition catalog about the collection of the Musée du Cinquantenaire – Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, with besides armour also tōsōgu, paintings, netsuke, inrō, ukiyō-e,…

The catalog does also exist in French.

Book Review: Echoes of the Samurai by Elin Danien (ed.)

Book Review: Echoes of the Samurai by Elin Danien (ed.)Title: Echoes of the Samurai
Author: Elin Danien
Publisher: The University Museum University of Pennsylvania, 1981
Language: English
Illustrations: Black amd White Pictures
Other: 32 pages, 28 cm by 21.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō
ID: B0167

Catalog for an exhibition held in The University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania in February 1981-1982. Some armours, kabuto and menpō.

Book Review: Shogun The life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu by Ian Bottomley

Book Review: Shogun The life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu by Ian BottomleyTitle: Shogun The life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Author: Ian Bottomley
Publisher: Royal Armouries, 2005
ISBN: 0-948092-58-0
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 27.5 cm by 22 cm, Softcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Samurai, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0166

Very nice catalog written by Ian Bottomley at the occasion of the exhibition “Shogun: The Life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu”, held at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, in collaboration with Nikko Toshogu Shrine in 2005. Lavishly illustrated with Tokugawa related armours, documents, fold out screen reproductions, and many other items.

Book Review: Samurai Exquisite Warriors by Richard Béliveau

Book Review: Samurai Exquisite Warriors by Richard BéliveauTitle: Samurai Exquisite Warriors
Author: Richard Béliveau
Publisher: Les Éditions Libre Expression, 2012
ISBN: 978-2-7648-0815-3
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 142 pages, 28 cm by 21.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Statues
ID: B0165

Very nice publication by Richard Béliveau, written at the occasion of the exhibition “Samurai – The Prestigious Collection of Richard Béliveau”, lavishly illustrated with pieces from his collection. Very nice photography.

Book Review: Arms, Armures et Objets d’Art du Japon 2009 by Jean-Christophe Charbonnier

Book Review: Arms, Armures et Objets d’Art du Japon 2009 by Jean-Christophe CharbonnierTitle: Arms, Armures et Objets d'Art du Japon 2009
Author: Jean-Christophe Charbonnier
Publisher: ToriiLinks Editions, 2009
ISBN: 2-9520006-4-6
Language: French and English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 63 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Netsuke, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0163

Very nice sales catalog of Jean-Christophe Charbonnier.

Book Review: Famous Warriors of 16th Century Japan by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, W. M. Hawley

Book Review: Famous Warriors of 16th Century Japan by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, W. M. HawleyTitle: Famous Warriors of 16th Century Japan
Author: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, W. M. Hawley
Publisher: Frances Seyssel-Hawley, 1993
ISBN: 0-910704-45-7
Language: English
Illustrations: Line Drawings, Woodblock (B&W)
Other: 68 pages, 21.5 cm by 13.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Katchū, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0156

Small booklet published by W. M. Hawley with some reproductions from Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi’s Ehon Toyotomi Kunkoki. The booklet focusses on some samurai portraits from this famous series, but Hawley published a bigger book with about 600 reproductions.

Book Review: The age of the samurai by Toimi Jaatinen (ed.)

Book Review: The age of the samurai by Toimi Jaatinen (ed.)Title: The age of the samurai
Author: Toimi Jaatinen
Publisher: Kunstkamera, 2004
ISBN: 951-609-230-6
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 151 pages, 23 cm by 22 cm, hardcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Samurai, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0152

Nice book that was published during the process of creating the exhibition “Samurai – A Thousand Years of Cults in Culture” in Malmö in 2004. Although the book is more focussed on the Samurai culture as a whole, it is interesting from an armour perspective as some armours from the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Kunstkamera (St. Petersburg) are in here.

Book Review: Samurai The Flowering of Japan by Andy Mancabelli, David Pepper

Book Review: Samurai The Flowering of Japan by Andy Mancabelli, David PepperTitle: Samurai The Flowering of Japan
Author: Andy Mancabelli, David Pepper
Publisher: Frazier History Museum, 2012
ISBN: #978-0-692-01744-9
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 70 pages, 24 cm by 28 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Sōmen, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0150

Very nice book that was published at the occasion of an exhibition in 2012 in the Frazier History Museum. Several very nice kabuto and armours (and many other samurai related items). Nice photography.