Title: Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi no tōken to katchū Author: Iten Iida Publisher: Miyaobi Shuppansha, 2013 ISBN: 978-4-86366-096-0 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 277 pages, 21.5 cm by 15.5 cm, softcover Topics:Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0449
Great overview of some of the arms and armors related to Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Title: Samurai the warrior class of Japan Author: Barry Till Publisher: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2003 ISBN: 0-88885-212-6 Language: English and French Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 96 pages, 23 cm by 15 cm, softcover Topics:Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu ID: B0441
Nice catalog (and general introductory text) of an exhibition that was held in 2003 at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canada.
Title: Yūsoku kojitsu zuten : fukusō to kojitsu Author: Keizō Suzuki Publisher: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1995 ISBN: 4-642-07467-8 C1021 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures, line drawings, few color illustrations Other: 196 pages, 22 cm by 16 cm, hardcover Topics:History, Katchū, Paintings, Tōsōgu ID: B0434
Illustrated dictionary of ancient Japanese court and military practices
Title: Cutting Edge - Japanese Swords in the British Museum Author: Victor Harris Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2005 ISBN: 0-8048-3680-9 Language: English Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures te pictures Other: 160 pages, 28.5 cm by 23 cm, hardcover Topics:History, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu ID: B0418
Very nice exhibition catalog from the Keeper Emeritus of the Japanese collections at the British Museum.
One of the early great introductory texts in English, lavishly illustrated with (among others) pieces from the Stibbert Collection in Florence and the Museo Orientale in Venice.
Title: Nihon no katchū bugu jiten Author: Yoshihiko Sasama Publisher: Kashiwa Shobō, 2002 (1981) ISBN: 4-7601-0113-6 C3572 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures and line drawings, few color pictures Other: 519 pages, 26.5 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Paintings, Sōmen, Teppō, Tōsōgu ID: B0410
Great armor encyclopedia with many pictures and drawings, covering all eras, types etc.
Title: Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi no tōken to katchū
Title: Samurai the warrior class of Japan
Title: Arms & Armour of Japan
Title: Uesugi Kenshin, Kagekatsu to kachū no busō
Title: Yūsoku kojitsu zukan
Title: Yūsoku kojitsu zuten : fukusō to kojitsu
Title: Cutting Edge - Japanese Swords in the British Museum
Title: Japanese Arms & Armor
Title: Arms and Armour of the Samurai
Title: Nihon no katchū bugu jiten
