Ninja Daruma

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Ninja spy 忍者　




Daruma Otoshi Ninja Toy
ダルマ落としの忍者


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A ninja or shinobi (忍者 or 忍び)
was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations. The ninja, using covert methods of waging war, were contrasted with the samurai, who had strict rules about honor and combat.

Iga and Kōga clans
伊賀　甲賀
The Iga and Kōga clans have come to describe families living in the province of Iga (modern Mie Prefecture) and the adjacent region of Kōka (later written as Kōga, Koga), named after a village in what is now Shiga Prefecture. From these regions, villages devoted to the training of ninjas first appeared.

Oniwaban お庭番
In the early 18th century, shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune founded the o-niwaban, an intelligence agency and secret service. Members of this office, the oniwabanshū ("garden keeper"), were agents involved in collecting information on daimyos and government officials.[41] The secretive nature of the oniwaban — along with the earlier tradition of using Iga and Kōga clan members as palace guards — have lead some sources to define the oniwabanshū as "ninja".


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Ninjadera 忍者寺　Ninja Temple
Kanazawa、Myooryuuji　妙立寺

Myoryuji Temple, commonly known as Ninjadera , was built by the Maeda lords, rulers over the region during the Edo Period. While not actually associated with ninjas, the temple earned its nicknamed because of its many deceptive defences, like in a ninja residence (ninja yashiki).

Since the shogun imposed strict building restrictions as one way of weakening his regional lords, Myoryuji was designed to circumvent the restrictions and serve as a disguised military outpost. It was built with considerable defences and escape routes, so that its defenders could alert the castle in the event of an attack.
The temple's defences aimed to guard against intruders or attack, and include hidden tunnels, secret rooms, traps, and a labyrinth of corridors and staircases.
source : www.japan-guide.com




metsubushi めつぶし【目潰し】
pepper blower for blinding a person (used by ninja)




Hair ornaments (kushi and kanzashi) could be a deadly weapon.
Female ninja called kunoishi used them to rake the eyes of their victims while escaping or dipped them in poison to assassinate people.
. Comb (kushi　櫛) 　




The ninja used Daranisuke 陀羅尼助 in a slightly unusual way; a quick lick after days on a mission would make the ninja feel fully refreshed.
. Chinese Medicine, Kampo 漢方 　




. Takamatsu Toshitsugu
高松寿嗣 　



Hattori Hanzo, the famous Ninja
1541 - 1596　from Iga
Also known as Masashige. The son of a certain Hattori Yasunaga, Hanzo, who
would earn the nickname 'Devil Hanzo', served Tokugawa Ieyasu loyally and
usefully.
. Hattori Hanzoo 服部半蔵



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H A I K U




忍者屋敷かまきり青き葉にひそむ　
ninjayashiki kamakiri aoki ha ni hisomu

ninja residence -
a praying mantis in hiding
under a green leaf

Kagami Kyoosui 加々美鏡水


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like a ninja
a crow in the paddy
is always alone

. Yoshino Yoshiko 吉野義子 .


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gokiburi wa umarenagara no Iga ninja

a cockroach
is born to be
an Iga ninja

source : arakan


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. Jizo statues in the area of the ninja in Iga 伊賀忍者. 　



Matsuo Basho and . Sora, another ninja haiku poet. 　


. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .


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