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Drawing of the archetypical ninja from a series of sketches by Hokusai. Woodblock print on paper. Vol. six, 1817. A ninja (Japanese: 忍者, lit. 'one who is invisible'; [ɲiꜜɲdʑa]) or shinobi (Japanese: 忍び, lit. 'one who sneaks'; ) was an infiltration agent, mercenary, or guerrilla warfare and later bodyguard expert in feudal Japan.
Jiraiya battles a snake with the help of a toad; woodblock print on paper by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, circa 1843. Ninjas first entered popular culture in the Edo period.In modern Japan, ninja are a national myth that stems from folk tales and continues through modern day popular culture. [1]
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.
1964: The Ninja Museum of Igaryu in Japan, which houses replicas of the sword, is established. [9] That same year, the swords appeared in Shinobi no Mono Kirigakure Saizō ( 忍びの者 霧隠才蔵 ) and Shinobi no Mono Zoku Kirigakure Saizō ( 忍びの者 続・霧隠才蔵 ) , the 4th and 5th entries in the Japanese jidaigeki movie series ...
Denrinbō Raikei (伝林坊 頼慶), also known as Benkei Musō, was a Chinese-born Japanese martial artist, ninja, swordsman, and Yamabushi. He belonged to Hitoyoshi Domain as ninja. He was thought to be the head of ninja group, Ura-Taisha(裏タイ捨) or Sagara-ningun(相良忍軍).
A central province in Japan is hiring six full-time ninjas in hopes of boosting tourism leading into Tokyo's 2020 Olympic games.
Kunoichi (Japanese: くノ一, also くのいち or クノイチ) is a Japanese cant term for "woman" (女, onna). [1] [2] In popular culture, it is often used for female ninja or practitioner of ninjutsu (ninpo). The term was largely popularized by novelist Futaro Yamada in his novel Ninpō Hakkenden (忍法八犬伝) in 1964. [1]
Wuxia (武俠), which literally means "martial heroes", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. In the case of Wuxia featuring ninja, they also sometimes take place partially in Japan prior to, during, or shortly after the Edo period of Japanese history , from 1603 to 1868.