Book Review: Nakamura kōgatana shūshikan kitaku by Tetsuo Nakamura

Book Review: Nakamura kōgatana shūshikan kitaku by Tetsuo NakamuraTitle: Nakamura kōgatana shūshikan kitaku
Author: Tetsuo Nakamura
Publisher: Nakamura Kōgatana Shūshikan, 1999
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 112 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0109

Catalog that shows the collection of Tetsuo Nakamura (who changed his name later to Tetsuo Ii), as it is hosted in the Nakamura Armor and Swords Museum in Kyoto. Includes some famous pieces.

Book Review: Draghi e peonie – Capolavori dalla collezione giapponese – Museo Stibbert by Francesco Civita and Dominique Charles Fuchs

Book Review: Draghi e peonie – Capolavori dalla collezione giapponese – Museo Stibbert by Francesco Civita and Dominique Charles FuchsTitle: Draghi e peonie - Capolavori dalla collezione giapponese - Museo Stibbert
Author: Dominique Charles Fuchs, Francesco Civita
Publisher: Edizioni Polistampa, 1999
Language: Italian and English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 85 pages, 28.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0107

Exhibition catalog of the interesting Stibbert Collection. A small part of the collection is in this catalog: kawari kabuto, armours, some sword fittings etc.

Book Review: Hidenaga to kōriyama yukari no hitobito by Yamato kōriyama-shi Hidenaga Hyakumango Kumatsuri Jikkō Iinkai henshū

Book Review: Hidenaga to kōriyama yukari no hitobito by Yamato kōriyama-shi Hidenaga Hyakumango Kumatsuri Jikkō Iinkai henshūTitle: Hidenaga to kōriyama yukari no hitobito
Author: Yamato kōriyama-shi Hidenaga Hyakumango Kumatsuri Jikkō Iinkai henshū
Publisher: Yamato kōriyama-shi Hidenaga Hyakumango Kumatsuri Jikkō Iinkai henshū, 1996
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 57 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Abumi, Documents, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Paintings, Teppō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0099

5 Armours with several other samurai or castle related items.

Book Review: Matsui bunko no buki to bugu by Kumamoto Kenritsu Bijutsukan

Book Review: Matsui bunko no buki to bugu by Kumamoto Kenritsu BijutsukanTitle: 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.

Book Review: Kuroda Nagamasa to Nijūyonki – Kuroda Bushi no sekai by Kuroda Nagamasa to Nijūyonki Ten Jikkō Linkai

Book Review: Kuroda Nagamasa to Nijūyonki – Kuroda Bushi no sekai by Kuroda Nagamasa to Nijūyonki Ten Jikkō LinkaiTitle: 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)

Book Review: Igyō no yosooi – katchū bugu o chūshin ni by Tōmō Rekishi Shiryōkan

Book Review: Igyō no yosooi – katchū bugu o chūshin ni by Tōmō Rekishi ShiryōkanTitle: 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.

Book Review: Bushi no inori – bugu ni miru shinbutsu no sugata by Nagoya-jō Kanri Jimusho-hen

Book Review: Bushi no inori – bugu ni miru shinbutsu no sugata by Nagoya-jō Kanri Jimusho-henTitle: 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.