Book Review: Kuroda kanbē no miryoku by Himeji Bungakukan

[Jo Anseeuw]

Title: Kuroda kanbē no miryoku : tenka o neratta harima no chishō kaikan nijisshūnen kinen tokubetsuten
Author: Himeji Bungakukan
Publisher: Himeji Bungakukan, 2011
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 31 pages, 30 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Bugu, Ceramics, Documents, Kabuto, Katchū, Tōsōgu
ID: B0287

A small but nice exhibition catalog around Kuroda Kanbē. Few helmets, many documents.

[Piers Dowding]

Thanks for that Jo. That has opened my eyes to some new possibilities. I hadn’t realized that he was a Christian for example. There is a Kuroda Kanbei organization in Himeji that meets regularly to drink and sing and tell proud tales of ‘their’ local hero.