
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Lost in modern myth, false history and general misinterpretation, the Ninja have been misrepresented for many years. More recently, a desire for a more historical view of the ninja has become a popular theme in the history/martial arts community and Antony Cummins is the primary driving force behind that movement.
In Search of the Ninja is based upon the Historical Ninjutsu Research Team's translations of the major ninja manuals and consists of genuinely new material. Little historical research has been done on the Ninja of Japan. Here for the first time the connection of the famous Hattori family warriors with the Ninja is explained. The Samurai versus Ninja myth is dispelled. The realities of Ninja skills are analysed. How did a Ninja work underwater when mining castle walls? How can a bird be used to set fire to the enemy's camp? The book explores newly discovered connections to ancient Chinese manuals, lost skills and the 'hidden' Zen philosophy that the Ninja followed. In Search of the Ninja is the first and only historical look at the shinobi of ancient Japan.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Quote
- Introduction
- Notes on the Text
- 1 What Is a Ninja?
- 2 The Origin of the Ninja
- 3 Naming the Ninja
- 4 Putting the ? in Ninja
- 5 The Samurai v. Ninja Myth
- 6 Medieval Japanese Scouting
- 7 Bandits, Thieves and Criminals
- 8 The Chinese Connection
- 9 Unknown Ninja Skills
- 10 Similar yet Dissimilar
- 11 Ninja Magic
- 12 Oral Traditions – The Ninja Way of Kuden
- 13 The Famous Ninja Families of Hattori and Natori
- 14 The Prowess of the Men of Iga and Koka
- 15 The Female Ninja
- 16 The Gateless Gate
- 17 The Fringes of Ninjutsu
- 18 The Death of the Ninja
- 19 The Ninja Found
- 20 Historical Ninja Manuals
- Bibliography
- Copyright