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Samurai the warrior class of Japan by Barry Till

Samurai the warrior class of Japan by Barry TillTitle: 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.

E de miru jidai kōshō hyakka. [3], Yari, yoroi, gusoku hen by Yumio Nawa

E de miru jidai kōshō hyakka. [3], Yari, yoroi, gusoku hen by Yumio NawaTitle: E de miru jidai kōshō hyakka. [3], Yari, yoroi, gusoku hen
Author: Yumio Nawa
Publisher: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha, 1988
ISBN: 4-404-01555-0 C0021
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white drawings.
Other: 241 pages, 22 cm by 16 cm, hardcover
Topics: Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū
ID: B0440

Nice overview in simple drawings of arms and armor used by the samurai. The writer was a member of the NKBKHK.

Katchū – Japanese armor of the Kamakura period by Frances Seyssel-Hawley

Katchū – Japanese armor of the Kamakura period by Frances Seyssel-HawleyTitle: Katchū - Japanese armor of the Kamakura period
Author: Frances Seyssel-Hawley
Publisher: Hawley Publications, 1992
ISBN: 0-910704-46-5
Language: English
Illustrations: Black and white drawings.
Other: 34 pages, 22 cm by 14 cm, softcover
Topics: Documents, Kabuto, Katchū
ID: B0438

This small booklet contains some picture reproductions from the armor-volumes of the Shuko Jisshu (around 1700).

Uesugi Kenshin, Kagekatsu to kachū no busō by Masao Takemura

Uesugi Kenshin, Kagekatsu to kachū no busō by Masao TakemuraTitle: Uesugi Kenshin, Kagekatsu to kachū no busō
Author: Masao Takemura
Publisher: Miyaobi Shuppansha, 2010
ISBN: 978-4-86366-056-4
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 424 pages, 22 cm by 16 cm, softcover
Topics: Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0437

Very detailed book from Masao Takemura (one of the directors of the NKBKHK) about the arms and armors of the Uesugi clan.