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The ninja did not always work alone. Teamwork techniques exist: For example, in order to scale a wall, a group of ninja may carry each other on their backs, or provide a human platform to assist an individual in reaching greater heights. [110] The Mikawa Go Fudoki gives an account where a coordinated team of attackers used passwords to communicate.
In the history of Japan, ninja (also known as shinobi) operated as spies, assassins, or thieves; they formed their own caste outside the usual feudal social categories such as lords, samurai, and serfs. Ninja often appear as stock characters in Japanese and global popular culture.
The 53 ninja families in Kōka who participated in the conflict were formally recognized by Takayori as the "Kōka 53", and 21 of these families were given special recognition for their service, including retainership and permission to bear surnames and own swords.
Ninjutsu (忍術), sometimes used interchangeably with the modern term ninpō (忍法), [1] is the martial art strategy and tactics of unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, insurgency tactics and espionage purportedly practised by the ninja.
Jinichi Kawakami (川上仁一) b. 1949, head of Banke Shinobinoden, is the last sōke and only heir to authentic ninjutsu. [1] [better source needed] He says he is the 21st head of the Koga Ban family (Iga and Koga Ninjutsu), a mercenary, and the honorary director of the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum. [2]
Togakure-ryū (戸隠流) is a historical tradition of ninjutsu known as the "School of the Hidden Door", allegedly founded during the Oho period (1161–1162) by Daisuke Nishina (仁科大助) (a.k.a. Daisuke Togakure (戸隠大助)), who learned his original fighting techniques from a Chinese monk named Kain Dōshi. [1]
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1981: Books containing references to the sword written by Masaaki Hatsumi, the founder of the Bujinkan, [4] and Stephen K. Hayes, [5] an American who studied under Hatsumi in 1975, [16] are published. 1981: The first Hollywood film to feature the ninjatō, Enter the Ninja, was released in theaters.