Hello all,

Can anyone make some recommendations of some good armor books that I may use to begin studying japanese armor throughout the various eras? One with lots and lots of good pictures would be great -- I am an extremely visual learner. Also a book or books that aren't going to cost me hundreds of dollars to obtain copies of would also be good. I would like to start slowly.

Thank you!

start with those both ones here:
(here´s the direct link so to orter you an copy/do hardly recomment this site/very kind and smooth sellers)
http://www.toriilinks-editions.com/en/

afterwards you´ll most probably have an better "general" idea and will focus more spcific....

Christian

I would start with the books by Trevor Absolon :

http://books.google.nl/books/about/The_ ... edir_esc=y

KM

I wanted to get that Trevor Absolon book but it seems to be on hold at the moment.

Hi Rob
I'd recommend Arms and armour of the Samurai by Ian bottomley and A p Hopson ISBN 1-870981-05-7 as an excellent introdution to the subject.
BTW I think I know where there is a spare copy if you need it.

Tony

Bought it from Grey and it sure is a perfect book !!

KM

Trevor's first 2 books are the ultimate for learning about samurai armor, the third book has not come out yet. If you purchase and absorb the information in them you will not regret the purchase. Neither book is that expensive and Trevor has taken many detailed images from armors he owned or had access to and he has added detailed information that is not available in any other place that I know of. He has included glossaries of all the individual parts, reading his books are like taking a course in samurai armor. I purchased several copies of his first book, 2 copies of his second and am prepaid for 2 copies of his third. You can contact him at this email address. trevor@toraba.com
Ian Bottomley's book and Clive Sinclaire's book are also must have books that will help give you a good understanding of the history of samurai armor and weapons, well worth the price.

Links to discussions on Trevor's books.
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10731&p=91164&hilit=trevor#p91164
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11763&p=100599&hilit=trevor#p100599

Here is a link to all the samurai armor images on Wiki commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categ ... rai_armour

Here is a link to a template that contains all the samurai armor, weapons and equipment articles on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Japanese_(samurai)_weapons,_armour_and_equipment

Hi md02geist ?
start with Ian`s and Clive`s book for general understanding. Than continue with Trevor`s!
Good luck!
Uwe