Book Review: Nihon jōdai no katchū by Masao Suenaga

[Jo Anseeuw]

Title: Nihon jōdai no katchū
Author: Masao Suenaga
Publisher: Sōgensha, 1944
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Black and white pictures
Other: 411+12+26+115 pages, 27.5 cm by 20.5 cm, hardcover
ID: B0262

The Nihon jōdai is a monumental book from 1944, completely dedicated to the old, pre-Heian, armours of Japan. It includes also study reproductions. Masao Suenaga is one of the handful armour researchers that people still talk about with a lot of respect. In 1981, the book was bundled with Nihon jōdai no buki (1941) in a fabulous bookset, see B0206.