Book Review: 100 Selected Tsuba From European Public Collections by Robert Haynes and Robert Burawoy

Book Review: 100 Selected Tsuba From European Public Collections by Robert Haynes and Robert BurawoyTitle: 100 Selected Tsuba From European Public Collections
Author: Robert Burawoy, Robert Haynes
Publisher: Robert Haynes and Robert Burawoy, 1984
Language: French, English and German
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 64 pages, 30.5 cm by 21.5 cm, hardcover
Topics: Tōsōgu
ID: B0232

Very nice catalog on tsuba by Robert Haynes and Robert Burawoy at the occasion of the First European Symposium on The Arts of the Samurai in the German Sword Museum in Solingen.

Two editions exist. First the normal one, with some advertising in the back, and a second one limited to 300 with an extensive bibliography on sword fittings (almost 400 titles over nearly 300 years). This copy is with the bibliography.

Book Review: Gendai omamorigatana yūhinshū by Zennihon Tōshōkai

Book Review: Gendai omamorigatana yūhinshū by Zennihon TōshōkaiTitle: Gendai omamorigatana yūhinshū
Author: Zennihon Tōshōkai
Publisher: Terebi Setōchi Kurieito, 2005
ISBN: 4-9902316-1-9 C0070
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 80 pages, 21 cm by 30 cm, softcover
Topics: Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0227

A nice catalog about newly made tantō and their koshirae. These are used for special memorial gifts. Includes the name, and contact info of the smiths who made them.

 

Book Review: Masamune – nihontō no tensai to sono keifu tokubetsuten by Sano Bijutsukan, Toyama-ken Suiboku Bijutsukan, Tokugawa Bijutsukan and Nezu Bijutsukan

Book Review: Masamune – nihontō no tensai to sono keifu tokubetsuten by Sano Bijutsukan, Toyama-ken Suiboku Bijutsukan, Tokugawa Bijutsukan and Nezu BijutsukanTitle: Masamune : nihontō no tensai to sono keifu tokubetsuten
Author: Nezu Bijutsukan, Sano Bijutsukan, Tokugawa Bijutsukan, Toyama-ken Suiboku Bijutsukan
Publisher: Sano Bijutsukan, 2002
ISBN: 4-915857-54-9
Language: Japanese and some English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 175 pages, 29.5 cm by 22.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0226

Fabulous catalog on Masamune, the famous sword smith.

Book Review: Swords of the Samurai by Victor Harris and Nobuo Ogasawara

Book Review: Swords of the Samurai by Victor Harris and Nobuo OgasawaraTitle: Swords of the Samurai
Author: Nobuo Ogasawara, Victor Harris
Publisher: British Museum Publications, 1990
ISBN: 0-7141-1450-2
Language: English
Illustrations: Black and white and some color pictures
Other: 175 pages, 28 cm by 21.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0225

Very nice catalog that was published in 1990 at the occasion the the exhibition Swords of the Samurai then new Japanese Gallery at the British Museum. The catalog does not only contain a nice selection of swords, but also several famous armours, tsuba, koshirae etc.

Book Review: Nihontō no koshirae (Nihon no bijutsu No. 332) by Nobuo Ogasawara

Book Review: Nihontō no koshirae (Nihon no bijutsu No. 332) by Nobuo OgasawaraTitle: Nihontō no koshirae (Nihon no bijutsu No. 332)
Author: Nobuo Ogasawara
Publisher: Shibundo Publishing, 1994
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 98 pages, 23 cm by 18.5 cm, softcover
Topics: Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0224

Nihon no bijutsu was a fabulous series on Japanese art, with 545 issues published between 1966 and 2011. A few issues were devoted to Japanese arms and Armour. This issue, written by Nobuo Ogasawara, focusses on the history of koshirae. Lavisly illustrated with color and black and white pictures.

Book Review: Nihontō – yūkyū no bi o mitsumete by Zennihon Tōshōkai

Book Review: Nihontō – yūkyū no bi o mitsumete by Zennihon TōshōkaiTitle: Nihontō - yūkyū no bi o mitsumete
Author: Zennihon Tōshōkai
Publisher: Zennihon Tōshōkai, 2012
ISBN: 978-4-9905267-5-7
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 63 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0222

Nice catalog on newly made swords, tsuba etc. at the occasion of the third exhibition around the theme in 2012. One tsuba of the fabulous Ford Hallam is included in the catalog.

Book Review: Tōkō fujieda teruyoshi to sono jidai by Kawagoe Shiritsu Hakubutsukan

Book Review: Tōkō fujieda teruyoshi to sono jidai by Kawagoe Shiritsu HakubutsukanTitle: Tōkō fujieda teruyoshi to sono jidai
Author: Kawagoe Shiritsu Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kawagoe Shiritsu Hakubutsukan, 2004
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 83 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0218

Nice catalog with swords and koshirae and some older documents related to that. No armour.