Book Review: Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken by Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan

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Book Review: Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken by Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan

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Title: Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken
Author: Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan
Publisher: Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan, 1971
Language: Japanese
Illustrations: Color pictures and black and white pictures
Other: 126 pages, 26 cm by 19 cm, hardcover
Topics: Katchū, Nihontō, Tōsōgu
ID: B0354

Interesting book with the armors and swords of the Tokugawa clan.

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Re: Book Review: Tokugawa jūgodai katchū to tōken by Kunōzan Tōshōgū Hakubutsukan

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Katchū and blades of the 15th Tokugawa. He only ruled for one year, a controversial Hamlet-like figure who dissolved the Bakufu and returned power to the Emperor. His name was 慶喜 Yoshinobu, (which could also be read Keiki).
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