What is a ninja? What are the main functions they learn?

Japan's 15th-16th centuries, more than a hundred years, a group of the Shogunate rule in name only, the original central government ruling force is not strong in the Iga region at a time there are dozens of forces, have revolted and each other to attack, due to the forces of the land and military strength is limited, and therefore rely on the cultivation of "agents" - "ninja", reconnaissance, sneak attack, assassination, etc., the ninja. Because of the limited land and military strength of each force, they relied on the training of "ninjas", "agents", to carry out reconnaissance, sneak attacks, assassinations and other activities, and soon there were more than 30 schools of ninjas in Japan, with the Iga and Koga streams being the most famous ones.

The "Heritage Museum" in Ueno Ninja Village unveils the mystery of the ninja's daily life and practice through documents and objects. "In addition to martial arts, there were also five compulsory subjects: food, incense, medicine, gas, and body, commonly known as the "Five Paths of the Ninja".

"Food" refers to the ninja's recipes. In order to travel lightly on the roofs of trees and branches, and to achieve excellent lightness, qualified ninjas generally weighed no more than 60 kilograms, and their three meals a day were based on black rice, oatmeal, tofu, and grated taro, but on the other hand, in order to maintain full physical strength, sesame seeds, pine nuts, brown sugar, and quail were used. Foods rich in protein, iron and vitamins are also indispensable. This recipe coincides with the "low-calorie, high-nutrition" advocated by modern life.

"Fragrance" means that ninjas can judge each other's economic situation and status by the smell on their clothes. But in order to hide their identity as ninjas, ninjas often used seven kinds of transformations such as merchants, practitioners, monks and so on, and spices such as cloves, sandalwood and cinnamon, which are on display at the "Heritage Museum", were used to create different body odors and enhance the authenticity of their transformations.

"Medicine", more not simple, ninja is usually also a doctor and drug experts, good use of various plants and herbs to cure injuries and diseases. Long time lurking in order to avoid mosquito bites, ninja carry a large number of insect repellent, in addition to incense, potent poisons, andrography, lust goat ho and other medicines used in different tasks, breathtaking.

"Qi" means that ninjas focus on cultivating their bodies so that they can concentrate, be decisive and courageous, and remain unchanged in real battles, which is strikingly similar to the cultivation methods of the Wudang School of the Song and Ming dynasties in China.

"Body" means that the ninja focuses on the exercise of muscles and joints, along with meditation, breathing, massage, acupuncture and other methods of recovery to train themselves to adapt to the needs of a variety of martial arts techniques.

In addition to the "Five Ways of the Ninja" mentioned above, ninjas were also astronomers and chemists, able to look at the stars to predict the weather, and to make gunpowder and firearms. For example, the history of the famous ninja "Sarutobi Sasuke" to make the unique weapon is a range of 50 meters in the sudden fire gun, than at that time to firearms known as the Ming Dynasty army in the best bird cannon gun range is twice as high. It is a pity that Sarutobi Nikki was killed in a trap by mistake, and his mysterious weapon has never been found, which was cited as a pity by the history of Japanese arms.

The ninja's martial arts and the Japanese samurai's martial arts are fundamentally different, ninjas due to the implementation of the mission of the special, usually do not use a large sword or spear, but the use of easy to carry short weapons and concealed weapons. Legend has it that during the Ming dynasty in the Central Plains martial arts called "octagonal diamond" hidden weapons, pure steel to build, sharp as a knife, as thin as paper, the size of two inches, scattering out as the sky flower rain, and fed with poison, most likely from the hands of the Japanese ninja. And ninja hand-to-hand combat is also a great, ten fingers like steel like iron, through the chest and abdomen, tearing the neck crack head, instantly make people to death, although less than the depth of the Chinese martial arts, but the practicality of the strong, fully in line with the fighting "one strike to win" the basis of the idea.

The ninja's residence is also mysterious and secretive, with hidden mechanisms everywhere, in order to guard against the threat of ninjas under other ruling powers. From the outside, it seems to be just an ordinary house, but the floor next to the seat is usually installed with a spindle, when an enemy breaks in, tap the wooden board, the back immediately flipped, revealing weapons, sword fight. The roof boards are also movable, and pulling them down is a folding staircase, making it easy to hide or escape. The traditional Japanese room door is a sliding door, the same as easy to be blocked, and in and out of the sound is large, so the ninja room door is a turnstile, you can not show, unexpected counter-attacks on the other side. Wall panels are everywhere in the dark door, or used to escape, or hidden weapons, there is a Koga flow ninja room wall competing with seventeen dark holes, more than thirty kinds of different weapons, is simply an invisible weapons display cabinet.

There are countless magical legends about ninjas, and interested readers can look up the records of ninjas in Japan's Warring States period, or take a stroll through the Ueno Ninja Village. Today, the true meaning of the ninja no longer exists, but hard work and diligence, tenacity and toughness of the characteristics of the Japanese people as the character of the best part of the inheritance. Perhaps, the Japanese can create a post-war economic miracle, relying on this ninja spirit.

Japanese ninjutsu

The origin of ninjutsu

The theoretical basis of ninjutsu was Sun Tzu's Art of War, which came to Japan from China, and then it was combined with the practice of Taoism and the skill of ambushing in the mountains

The art of ninjutsu was developed. During the Heian period, the art of ambushing in the mountains was developed by the samurai due to the rise of the samurai class. In the Genpei period, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, who had learned to ambush in the mountains, succeeded in using the technique of the mountain ambush and completed the theory of the attacking surface method of warfare

. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Masanari Namiki developed the defensive side of the art of war, and it was at this time that ninjutsu and martial arts were separated into different systems

●Schools of Ninjutsu

Ninjutsu began to progress greatly during the Warring States period, when there was a great need for ninjutsu, martial arts, and the art of war.

But unlike the art of war and martial arts, ninjutsu had its own uniqueness. There are several regions where Ninjutsu is well developed, and the schools of Ninjutsu are also

named by the names of the following places:

Musashi, Kofu, and Echigo

Shinano, Iga, and the other four states

Koga, Kii, and the other three states

With the latter three states, Ninjutsu is the most developed in Japan.

●Ninjutsu textbook "Manekawa Jikai"

Originally, before the Yamato invasion, Iga and Koga were called IGA, but later, during the Muromachi and Sengoku eras, the names of the places were separated, and so were the schools of ninjutsu.

But even though the schools were separated, the ninja practiced from the same book, which is called "Manekawa Jikai". This book has all the theoretical foundations and skills to teach the ninja how to perform ninjutsu. (Note: This is the same ninja textbook that is mentioned in "Sengoku Meijin ~ Zanjou Koukou" and "Ninja Chotaro").

●Why did Iga and Koga develop their ninjutsu so much?

Iga and Koga are both close to Nagoya and the capital, and are located in a small, enclosed basin surrounded by mountains, creating a world of their own. However, they are strategically located in the center of Japan, near the Kinki region. Because it is close to the center of Japan, the Kinki region, it has been y influenced by the culture of Kyoto. There were many shrines, temples and manor houses. Later, when the manor system collapsed, the landed gentry rose up one by one. During the Warring States period, there were actually 60 tycoons in such a small area, but because the land was so small, they all wanted to take over each other's land, so each family would raise about 30-40 soldiers to deal with the "enemy" (this is very similar to the armed battles over land among the Minnan villages during the era of land resettlement in Taiwan, which was also similar to the fights between Minjis). The competition here was more fierce than anyone could imagine, with the tycoons forming alliances with each other, scouting for the enemy, and slaughtering each other, and once the tycoons were defeated, it was very difficult for them to get up again. It is no wonder that such a mountainous place, with its fierce battles, became the base for the development of the ninjutsu art. As time went on, a balance developed between the local communities, and the art of jutsu began to spread throughout the country.

●The origin of the theory of Ninjutsu

Ninjutsu came from the peasantry, not from the noble samurai. Ninjutsu's mountain ambush techniques came from the mountain warfare experience of those who lived in Yamato, Yoshino, Kurama, Nerai, and Iga. Kyoto is also the birthplace of the jutsu used in ninjutsu (yin-yang-do), as it is not far from the home of the Buddhist Tantric sects such as Hikono.

The martial arts aspect of Ninjutsu is derived from the Yanagi Ryu Sword School and the Hoshoin Ryu Gunnery.

●Chinese and Korean immigrants and ninjas

The Yamato court welcomed people with skills from outside Japan to settle in Japan. Therefore, a large number of people from China and Korea came to Japan. For example, many of the masters who made pottery, armor, and clothing came to Japan from China and Korea. These people usually settled in Kyoto, and some of them moved to nearby Iga or Koga to work. In addition, there were many foreigners and naturalized people (foreigners who became Japanese and changed their surnames to Japanese). For example, at the beginning of the Tokugawa Shogunate, many people from Iga and Koga moved to Edo with Hattori Hanzo, who was working with Ieyasu. The town of Matu-machi is the localization of the towns of Iga and Koga. The name of Hanzomon (the old house where Hanzo Hattori lived) still remains there. It is said that Hanzo Hattori was a convert. His family was originally Chinese, surnamed Qin, but later he settled in Japan and changed his Japanese surname to Hattori in order to merge with the local community, and the Hattori family was born from there.

●Influence of foreign craftsmen

In addition, technology introduced by foreigners, such as gunpowder, took root in this area, and gunpowder was manufactured here from a very early stage in Japan. Other craftsmen also took root here, such as craftsmen and doll makers. ...... All kinds of craftsmen came here .... ... As a result, there were many such people in the Iga and Koga regions, and the ninja were able to use their skills as craftsmen to spy on the people in the future. However, in the society of that time, the status of such people was not high (in their homeland China and Korea, the status of these people was not high, merchants were at the end of the four people of the Shishu, agriculture, industry, and commerce, of course, Japan is also divided into the Shishu, agriculture, industry, and commerce class, but the Shishu refers to Shidaio, which is the samurai).

●Favorite Ninja General - Takeda Shingen

Since Shingen hated having his country's secrets known to others, he liked to train ninjas. He loved to use the ninjas he had trained (he called them "Chaobo" and "Sanshin", which was also the Takeda family's name for ninjas). The origin of "Kabuto" is that they came from the Koshi, Noboribetsu, and Echigo regions, or a group of robbers organized them and taught them mountain warfare and other fighting techniques, and they became ninjas. In addition, the "three" was a generic term for the "Mamiya", "Mihata", and "Megumi", who were specialists in scouting and espionage. Shingen sent Tomita Gozaemon to control the "Three" ninja.

●Hashiba Hideyoshi and Hesuga Kohroku

It is well known that Hashiba Hideyoshi, when he was at his wit's end, turned to Hesuga Kohroku and ate at his house. Hesuga Kohroku was an active "night bandit" in the Mino area (a bandit, at best, was a wild samurai who did not find an army to employ their masters, and at worst, was a mountain king who came out at night to steal money). In any case, those who were part of the bandit group were usually not poor, so they could be hospitable enough to let those who had nothing to eat join them and eat at their homes. Later on, these people helped Hideyoshi to take over Mochizuku Castle, so they were transformed into a group of bandits.

Ga Kohroku and his group never killed anyone again, but the skills they had developed as bandits were good enough to become ninjas, so they became ninjas in Hideyoshi Hashiba's army. And they performed well in all the major battles.

●The history of the name ninja

The name ninja was introduced in the Edo period of Japan, but the history of the ninja goes back much further. It is said that the first person to send a "ninja" on a mission in Japan was Prince Tokushin. At that time, ninjas were called "shinobin". There were various names depending on the time and place, and the following are the names of the ninja in each period: Hitori period: "Shinobu"; Nara period: "Scout"; Sengoku period: many names, but the most popular one is "Namba", which is the name given by Shingen Takeda. Edo period: "Ninja".

While the name was officially established in the Edo period, it was during this period that Japan entered a long period of peace under the Tokugawa family, and the ninja gradually disappeared from the stage of history due to the loss of the stage of activity. So much so that many jutsu were lost. The last record of ninja activity is the Shimabara Rebellion of 1637, in which ninja fought as part of the Shogunate's forces.

●Origin of Ninjutsu

Ninjutsu is also known as the art of concealment. The origin of ninjutsu and ninja varies, with some people in China believing that ninjutsu originated in the Han Dynasty in China as a five-element art, which later spread to Japan. Like karate, judo, shorinji kung fu and other Japanese martial arts, ninjutsu is a distinctive Japanese martial art that was gradually developed after the introduction of ancient Chinese martial arts to Japan. The authoritative work on Ninjutsu, "Manchuan Jikai", states that the idea of Ninjutsu has its roots in Luwang, the Grand Duke of Jiang at the time of the Yin and Zhou dynasties in China. It was he who first put forward the concept of Ninjutsu and wrote it in the famous book "Six

Tao". Later, Sun Wu, Zhang Liang and Han Xin refined the theory of Ninjutsu. In particular, Sun Wu's "The Art of War" was highly respected by the ninja class. At this time, the art of Ninjutsu basically took shape, consisting of several parts, such as power and strategy, formation, yin and yang, and techniques. As the art of ninjutsu spread to Japan, the ninja also appeared and developed in Japan.

The Japanese believe that the theoretical basis of ninjutsu evolved from Sun Tzu's Art of War, which was brought to Japan from China, and then combined with the practice of Taoism and the ambush techniques of the mountains, which are known as the four true words of "wind, forest, fire, and mountain". During the Heian Period (794-1192), the samurai class emerged and developed the art of mountain ambush warfare. In the Genpei era, Minamoto no Yoshitsune succeeded in using the technique of mountain ambush and completed the theory of attacking surface warfare. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Nanoki Masanari developed the defensive side of the art of war

and it was at this point that Ninjutsu and martial arts were separated into separate systems and formalized.

The Chinese and Korean immigrants also had a great deal to do with the development of ninjutsu. Because Japan was very backward in ancient times, the Japanese government

welcomed immigrants from China, which was highly developed in science and technology, to settle in Japan, and Koreans, who were influenced by Chinese civilization, were also welcomed, and the Japanese called these immigrants "naturalized people" (although they were welcomed, they were still discriminated against, and the immigrants could hardly enter the upper class society, and could not use the language and culture of their original residence, but had to change their names to Japanese names and use them. (Although welcomed, they were still discriminated against, as it was difficult for immigrants to enter the upper class, and they could not adopt the language and culture of their original place of residence, but had to change their names to Japanese and use Japanese). These ancient technological

immigrants brought a great deal of advanced science, technology, and cultural knowledge to Japan, such as the manufacture of pottery, armor, and clothing techniques, as well as the decidedly

qualitative Chinese martial arts that contributed to the development of ninjutsu in Japan. Because the ninja's origins were mostly from peasants at the bottom of the social ladder, rather than

samurai of noble birth, it was difficult for them to be accepted by the upper class. Therefore, as immigrants who were hardly accepted by the upper class, "naturalized people" also entered the ninja profession in large numbers.

"Naturalized people" were usually the most common form of ninjutsu. The naturalized people usually settled in Kyoto, and then a large number of them moved to nearby Iga or Koga, which

was also the main reason why ninjutsu developed so well in these two places. The famous Hattori Hanzo, for example, was a Chinese man named Qin, and the Qin

family settled in Japan in the late third and early fourth centuries A.D. after crossing the sea from the Chinese kingdom of Wu (the traditional name for the Japanese kimono is "kimono," which comes from the kingdom of Wu, from which the Qin

family originated) and then assuming the Japanese family name of Hattori. Hattori Hanzo joined Tokugawa Ieyasu and later

moved to Edo. Legend has it that the ninja eventually realized the true meaning of ninjutsu, something that had not happened to many generations of ninjas, and to this day, Japanese

people still talk about him as the legend of the "Oni Hanzo".

●Schools and textbooks of ninjutsu

Ninjutsu developed by leaps and bounds during the warring Warring States period, when daimyo were required to spy on enemy troops and sabotage enemy cities. The regions where Ninjutsu was developed were as follows: Musashi, Kofi, Echigo, Shinano

, Iga, Koga, Kii, etc. Among them, the Ninjutsu of Iga and Koga was the most developed in Japan. Iga and Koga are close to the capital city of Kyoto

, and the terrain is a small enclosed basin surrounded by mountains. Although barren, they are strategically important

because they are close to the center of Japan, the Kinki region. During the Warring States period, more than half a dozen feudal lords (each with a maximum strength of no more than 50 men, making them at best small-time bandits by Chinese reckoning

had risen to power in this tiny area of Iga and Koga.) Though the territory is small, the competition here is fiercer than outsiders can imagine. The tycoons make false alliances with each other and secretly

spy on each other, and when they seize an opportunity, they strike mercilessly at their rivals. These two bloody mountainous regions, filled with cruelty and cunning, gradually evolved

into the base camps for the development of the art of ninjutsu. The greatest contribution of Iga and Koga to the ninja's career was the systematization of the theoretical foundations and skills of ninjutsu, and the compilation of a ninja's training manual, the Manjusai (The Sea of the Ten Thousand Rivers). Although there were different schools of thought, the ninja's classic was the Manchuan Jikai, a book that taught the ninja all the theoretical foundations and skills of ninjutsu

In the fourth year of the Tokugawa family's fourth shogun, in the era of Tokugawa Ietsuna, in the fourth year of the Yenpo era (1676), a hermit from Koga, Fujibayashi Hobu, combined the ideas and martial arts essence of the great generals of the Chinese

Kingdom and of all the generations of Japanese generals. The book is a guide to the ultimate training of the ninja, combining ninjutsu, ninjutsu

jutsu, and ninjutsu weaponry with the essence of Chinese and Japanese generals and martial arts, and is based on the Six Towers of the Art of War and the Art of War of Sun Tzu. The book is named "Wanchuan Jiehai" after the ancient Chinese book "Wenxuan - Zuo Si - Wu Du Fu", which states that "All rivers are sent to the sea and converge there". As the title suggests, "Wan Chuan Jie Hai" means to take the essence of all schools of thought from the sea.

Manchuan Jikai consists of six parts: Shoshin, Shogi, Yin Shinobi, Yang Shinobi, Tensei, and Shinobi Weapons. This book became a mandatory textbook for later ninja training

. The Six Towers and Sun Tzu's Art of War are two ancient writings that had a deeper influence on the Manchuan Jikai and the overall development of ninjutsu, and it can be seen that these ancient Chinese military and martial arts ideas laid a solid theoretical foundation for the development of Japanese ninjutsu in the future, which is a clear proof that ninjutsu did originate from China.

Manchu Jikai is a summary of the Japanese study of ancient Chinese

military essence and the secret arts of metaphysical training.

●A Ninja's Path to Cultivation

Ninjutsu flourished in Japan during the Warring States period because of its great practicality. Ninjutsu is a complete system of espionage and intelligence techniques mastered by ancient Japanese ninjas, including tracking, reconnaissance, espionage, bodyguarding, assassination, and other aspects. Ninja

superhuman skills, good at using swords, hooks and other weapons and shuriken and other concealed weapons; they can fly over the eaves and walk on the wall, running in the sand without making

a little noise; hold their breath in the water for up to five minutes, such as special equipment can be stayed under the water for a day and a night; they are good at fighting on the surface of the water

and under the water, and even dive to the bottom of the ship, eavesdropping on the boat's conversation! ...... All of these superhuman skills are acquired through inhuman training

.

Spiritual training: Ninjutsu and other martial arts schools emphasize physical training, but it especially emphasizes spiritual training, and its

entire training system, based on an unimaginable spiritual training. Because most of the tasks performed by ninjas are high-risk missions from which there is no return, and accomplishing them alone in the enemy's lair involves overcoming many difficulties such as fear of death, loneliness, darkness, and even hunger, cold

, and injury, the possession of strong spiritual power is the real reason why ninjutsu is indestructible.

As a descendant of a ninja clan, one must accept the harsh reality of fate as soon as one is born - either become a ninja or

die. From a very young age, ninjas are taught to be absolutely loyal to their masters: they will not listen to anyone but their masters, not even the Emperor of Japan. Through this mental brainwashing from a young age, the ninja are created to be more fanatical and fearless than any religion

. But ninjas aren't zombie-like warriors like cultists, either; they have a

practical training method for powerful mental strength. It is this technique that is the secret of ninjutsu, and it is the practice of dōmi. East

The Secret and our country's Tibetan Tantra, India's miscellaneous Tantra, is a branch of Buddhism in the Tantric Buddhism, and the East Tantra for the development of the human body's numinous power

has always had its own unique inheritance, and has always been known in the Tantric world for being significantly fast, ninjas, through through the East Tantra secret method of practice,

hammers their own wills, the spirit becomes incomparably pure and tough, and the potential of the body will be developed to the fullest extent. The mind can be completely freed from confusion and fear, and the mind can be fully focused on the battle. In addition, Tantric Buddhism believes that the human body has many mysteries and potentials, and that through the tireless efforts of Tantric Buddhism, the practitioner can realize his full potential, allowing his body to communicate with the universe and reach the realm of heavenly and human harmony

, which is similar to the extreme physical arts pursued by ninjas. Tantric Buddhism regards Dainichi Nyorai as the Lord of all things, and strongly promotes transmission, truth and secret

mantras.

Skill training: Children of the Ninja clan, both male and female, are required to carry on the occupational traditions of their ancestors, and are generally trained from the age of five.

There are five types of training. There are five types of training: balance, agility, strength, durability, and special techniques. Balance training begins with walking on bamboo poles

and when one can walk on a rounded bamboo pole without slipping, the pole is gradually raised to a height of 30 to 40 feet, so that

the person is able to run and jump as if he were walking on a flat surface, and can then climb and climb up and down trees, rooftops, and walls as if he were flying. Sensitivity training is also

so jumping over ropes with razor blades stuck in them, and turning corners and hurrying through narrow paths full of sharp blades and gun points. Durability and strength training

The most grueling training is hanging from a tree with your hands supporting your whole body, with concealed weapons underneath, so that you can't let go and jump, and using fear to stimulate your body's

potential for long-lasting support. Long-distance running is even more basic ninja skills, requiring continuous running for 50 kilometers without stopping to rest,

100 miles a day is a common occurrence. The training in special techniques is even more astonishing. In addition to the above, there is also hand-to-hand combat, throwing

poisoning and detoxification. The art of disguise was even more of a ninja specialty, as they were able to create fake faces of human skin and change gender. Let a ninja in the crowd through

walking, by a few people on the sidelines to identify, the results of the people see are not the same, short, tall, fat, thin, varying, can be said to be "a thousand faces of people"

. There is also stealth, the article said at the beginning of the American ninja in the smoke suddenly disappeared is a kind of, that is, ninja beforehand dug a good ground

hole, and then take advantage of the cover of the smoke to jump into the hole, so that the pursuers lost the target, that there really is a "stealth" (but generally this

hole are dug in the woods and other places to hide, like the movie as the disappearance of the concrete floor is also too much).

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Physical training: Ninjutsu is also brutally intense in terms of physical training. Every ninja

must be proficient in every aspect of the art. And for every item of training, it is all a death elimination tournament, and those who cannot withstand it are not allowed to survive. In addition to regular training,

Ninjutsu also includes a variety of "strange force training", through which the ninja further hones their will, endurance, and ability to survive.

This kind of training, such as not eating for days on end, killing one's own companions, and fighting fierce animals, is unimaginable

.

Through these highly fatal and dehumanizing practices, the ninja achieved a superhuman leap from the mental to the physical. They gained

perseverance, endurance, and fighting strength that surpassed those of ordinary people. The ninja who survived the training of ninjutsu were all absolutely reliable, full-power fighting machines.

●Ninja and Samurai

During the Warring States period, the ninja and samurai were both in the service of the daimyo, but the ninja and the samurai were on opposite sides of the spectrum, with the ninja being a slave and the samurai being a retainer. Because the ninja's work was mostly secret, involving power struggles in the upper echelons, and

dangerous, they often came to a sad end. The danger came first from their employers. After achieving their goals by any means necessary, these sinister and venomous figures at the top of society, fearing that the inner workings of the matter will be leaked, will often kill the ninja carrying out the mission to silence them.

Though the ninja were superhuman, they often miscalculated in their missions. One ninja braved the summer heat to

sneak into a vassal's house to assassinate him. He dug a hole in the earth with his hands so as not to make any noise, and it took him more than ten days to get under the tatami mats in the room

. Just as he was about to succeed, the stench of his sweat attracted flies and mosquitoes, and the buzzing

of the insects aroused the suspicion of one of the guards, who drew his sword downward and stabbed through the floor, killing the ninja who was hiding below.

The ninja's worst enemy was the samurai. The samurai hated the ninja because they were in the open and the ninja were in the shadows.

Once a ninja was captured by a samurai, he would be killed by the most brutal forms of torture. Skinning is one kind of torture, the skin was peeled off piece by piece

down, extremely painful, but can not die immediately. That's why the ninja would never let the samurai take them alive. Here is the story of one of the most legendary ninja of all time. This ninja was named Sarutobi, because he had the ability to climb and leap like a monkey in the trees, coming and going without a trace; at the same time, he was also very good at hand-to-hand combat, so people could not catch him. Once he was sent to spy on a general who lived in a city

fortress, and overheard a secret conversation between the general and a minister. But when he left the castle he was discovered by the guards, and he immediately leaped up

the ramparts, skillfully avoiding his pursuers, but as he jumped down into the garden he stepped on a concealed steel bear-trap, which clamped his legs tightly

in place. When the general's guards came around, Sarutobi saw this and cut off the pinned leg with a single slash, escaping on one foot for a long

distance. But in the end, he lost too much blood and had trouble supporting himself. Seeing the guards getting closer and closer, and knowing that he had no hope of escaping, Sarutobi simply stood

still, shouted insults at the pursuing guards, disfigured his own face with his sword to make it unrecognizable, and then swung his sword to slice off his own

neck. Thus sadly ended the life of a renowned ninja.

Those ninja who survived were often lonely. Oni Hanzo, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu for many years, was a ninja who was good at both the black

and white paths. He was trusted by Tokugawa Ieyasu, saved his name countless times, and participated in the wars of the Three Rivers Legion many times, so his life could be considered as a typical ninja of the most brilliant, and his salary at the time of his death was only 8,000 koku, which is only a fraction of the salary of the same meritorious samurai. Fractions of the treatment of generals ......

Why were the ninjutsu of Iga and Koga so advanced? Iga and Koga are close to Nagoya and are located in a small, enclosed basin surrounded by heavy

mountains, making them small worlds in their own right. However, they are strategically located in a very important place. Because of its proximity to

Japan's central Kinki region, it has been y influenced by the culture of Kyoto. There were many shrines, temples and manor houses. When the manor system collapsed, the landed gentry rose up one by one. In the Warring States period, there were 60 tycoons in such a small area, but

because the land was so small, everyone wanted to take over each other's land, so each family had about 30-40 soldiers to fight against the "enemy", and ninjas became an important force.

Favorite Ninja General - Takeda ShingenTakeeda Shingen loved to train ninjas because he hated the idea of his country's secrets being known to others. He loved to use the ninjas he had trained (he called them "Kabuto" and "Sansho", which was also the Takeda family's name for ninjas

). The origin of the word "Habanero" is that the ninja came from the Koshi, Noboribetsu, and Echigo regions as vagabonds, or a group of robbers organized them and taught them mountain warfare and other fighting techniques, and so they became ninja. In addition, the "Sanjin" is a generic term for "Mamiya," "Mihata," and "Megumi

Fu," who are experts in scouting and espionage. Shingen sent Tomitago Saemon to take charge of the "Three" ninjas.

●List of famous ninja

The Momiji Santao, also known as Momiji Tamba, was a ninja who lived in Ueno, Iga. He was a tycoon based in Ueno, Iga, and one of the three great ninja of Iga

. He repelled Oda Nobuo's Iga Heiding Army at Onigoma-horide. He was a legendary ninja who fought against the Oda family all his life.

Ishikawa Goemon, an Iga ninja. As a subordinate of Momiji Mitao, he once infiltrated Osaka Castle to try to assassinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Unfortunately, he was discovered when he accidentally touched the treasure "Chidori's incense burner", and was later executed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Kotaro Kazamora was the leader of the Sagittarius Chaos. Served the Hojo family for five generations. He collected wartime information for the Hojo family and carried out

subversive activities against the enemy. Legend has it that Kotaro Kazamora, who stood 7 feet 2 inches tall, is said to have organized a group of thieves in Edo Castle after the fall of the Hojo family

. He led the "Kaze Demon Party," a group of ninjas who were active in the yakuza, and many legends have been passed down in Japanese folklore.

Sadao Suzuki was the leader of the Koga clan. The Koga clan was a group of mercenaries who used iron cannons (muskets) as their main weapon. Since iron cannons were precious at that time, the battle power of the Koga clan was not to be ignored. He collaborated with Honganji Temple to fight against Oda Nobunaga. They were later killed in a battle with Toyotomi

Hideyoshi!

Ninja "NINJA" has become an international common language, along with sushi "SUSI" and artist "GEISHA". Whether it is the authentic Japanese, or foreigners learning ninjutsu, the image of ninjutsu embraced by ninjutsu is usually: full body black attire, can fly over walls, jumping over walls and cities, call the rain, call the wind, move the stars and use a variety of strange shaped hidden weapons. This image, although not accurate, but also about eight or nine.

The work of the ninja, mainly for the master to carry out secret strategy, sabotage, assassination, collection of information on the enemy front, stirring up the enemy back-up base ...... and other kinds of espionage activities. Because of the anonymity must be anonymous, living a life not to see the sun life; more can not leave only words and phrases, so as to avoid future exposure, therefore, the origins of the Japanese ninja, in the end, back to which era? No one dares to say. However, in the secret book of ninjutsu, there is a record of a ninja named "Oyabe Hosato" who was with Prince Shotoku (late fifth century to early sixth century).

There are countless schools of ninjutsu all over Japan, but when you get down to it, it all comes back to Iga (northwestern Mie Prefecture) and Koga (southern Shiga Prefecture). I think that many people have gotten the impression from manga and novels that the Iga and Koga ninja groups are bitter enemies. This is not the case. They share the same ancestry, and most of them are related to each other. However, if their employer (lord) was hostile, they would have to fight each other, or even end up in sibling rivalry.

On the other hand, they have to intermarry a lot in order to pass on the art of ninjutsu to the next generation, so it can be said that the relationship between them is one of mutual destruction. If you think about it a little bit, you can realize that once you grow up in that place, no matter male or female, for the sake of the family secret, can you still marry and have children with someone from another country? Moreover, behind the male ninja, there is usually a female ninja. This kind of work, unless from childhood, as a matter of course, unless the husband in one day suddenly do not say goodbye, the ordinary woman who can not stand, not angry seven holes of smoke?