Book Review: Kokuhō jūyō bunkazai taizen 5, Kōgeihin 1 by Bunkachō, Mainichi Shinbunsha

[Jo Anseeuw]

Title: Kokuhō jūyō bunkazai taizen 5, Kōgeihin 1
Author: Bunkachō, Mainichi Shinbunsha
Publisher: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1998
ISBN: 4-620-80325-1
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 571+24 pages, 31 cm by 23 cm, hardcover
Topics: Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Menpō, Mirrors
ID: B0258

This is one volume of a magnificent 13 volume set (12 normal volumes + 1 extra volume) that contains the National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties of Japan at the moment of the publication. This volumes contains, among many other things, armours. One could only wish for a full color one and one with bigger pictures.