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Japanese Ninja Talk

●The Origin of Ninjutsu

The theoretical basis of Ninjutsu was introduced to Japan from China It came from Sun Tzu's Art of War, and was later developed by adding training methods and ambush skills in the mountains. During the Heian period, due to the rise of the samurai class, the art of ambush in the mountains was developed by samurai. During the

Genpei era, Minamoto Yoshitsune, who learned to ambush in the mountains, successfully used the techniques of ambush in the mountains and completed the theory of attack surface tactics

. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Kusunoki Masashige developed the defensive art of war. At the same time, ninjutsu and martial arts were separated into different systems

Systems

●Schools of ninjutsu

During the Warring States Period, ninjutsu began to make great progress, because this era greatly needed ninjutsu, martial arts, and the art of war.

But unlike the art of war and martial arts, ninjutsu has its own uniqueness. In areas where ninjutsu is developed, there are the following schools of ninjutsu

The following place names are used as the names of the schools:

Musashi, Kai, and Echigo

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Koga, Kii, and other three states

Among them, the ninjutsu of the latter three states is the most developed in Japan.

●Ninjutsu textbook "Manchuan Gathering Sea"

Originally, before the Yamato people's Eastern Expedition, Iga and Koga were not separated, and they were both called IGA. .

Later on, because the place names were separated during the Muromachi and Warring States periods during the two hundred years, the schools gradually separated.

However, although the schools are different, the classics of ninja training are the same book. This book is called "Wanchuan Jihai".

This book has all the theoretical basis and skills to teach ninjas how to perform ninjutsu. (Note: This is the ninja textbook mentioned in "Sengoku Beautiful Girl ~ Cutting the Clouds" and "

Ninja Rantaro".)

●Why Yi Why are He and Koga's ninjutsu so advanced?

Iga and Koga are very close to Kyoto and Nagoya, and they are located in a small closed basin surrounded by mountains and dangers.

A small world of its own. But its strategic position is very important. Because it is close to the Kinki area in the center of Japan, it is deeply influenced by the culture of Kyoto. There are many shrines, temples and manors. Later, when the manor system collapsed, local tycoons emerged one after another. During the Warring States Period, there were actually 60 rich people in such a small land. However, because the land was very small, everyone wanted to seize each other's land, so each family would probably have 30-40 rich people. soldiers in order to deal with the "enemy country" (this is very similar to Taiwan's land reclamation era.

The fighting for land between the villages of the southern Fujianese people is also somewhat similar to that of the Fujianese people. Customers fight against each other). The competition here is beyond the imagination of outsiders

The local tycoons form alliances with each other, detect each other's enemies, and kill each other. Once the attacked local tycoons collapse, it will be difficult

After climbing up again, it is no wonder that this kind of place with mountains and fierce battles will become the base camp for the development of ninjutsu. As time passed, a balance slowly developed among the wealthy families, and then Ninjutsu began to become the best in the country.

●Theoretical Origin of Ninjutsu

Most ninjas were born from peasants rather than noble-born samurai.

Ninjutsu mountain ambush skills, mountain warfare experience from living in Yamato, Yoshino, Kurama, Negrai, and Iga.

Kyoto is the birthplace of Onmyodo, the magic technique used in ninjutsu, because not far away there are the main mountains of Buddhism and esoteric Buddhism such as Koya.

The martial arts side of ninjutsu comes from the Yagyu style sword school and the Hohoin style spear style.

●Immigration and Ninjas from China and Korea

Because the Yamato court very much welcomes people with skills from other places to settle in Japan. So a large number of people came from China and North Korea.

For example, many masters who make pottery, armor, and clothing moved to Japan from China and North Korea. These people usually settled in Kyoto.

Some people also moved to Japan. Go to work in nearby Iga or Koka.

In addition, there are many foreign nationalities and naturalized people here (non-locals who settled in Japan, became Japanese, and changed their surnames to Japanese surnames).

For example, in the early days of the Tokugawa shogunate, because Hattori Hanzo worked with Ieyasu, many people from Iga and Koga followed Hattori and moved to Edo.

Tsumachi is the transformation of Iga and Koga. The place name of Hanzomon (the old house where Hattori Hanzo lived) is still left there. According to the Ministry of Persuasion, Hanzo was the one who was transformed. His family was originally Chinese, with the surname Qin. Later, because they settled in Japan, in order to merge with the local area, they changed their surname to Hattori. From then on, the Hattori family was born.

●The influence of foreign craftsmen

In addition, the technologies introduced by outsiders, such as gunpowder, took root here, so this is Japan's earliest gunpowder manufacturing place.

Other craftsmen have also taken root here, such as masters who make handicrafts, masters who play with dolls... all kinds of artists are here...

..As a result, there are many such people in Iga and Koka areas, which means that in the future, ninjas can engage in espionage work with many folk craft skills. However, in the society at that time, the status of such people was not high (in their hometown of China and Korea, the status of these people was not high either. Businessmen were the last among the four peoples, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. Of course, Japan It is also divided into the scholar-peasant-industrial-business class, but scholar

refers to scholar-bureaucrats, that is, warriors).

●The military commander who loves to use ninjas the most - Takeda Shingen

Because Shingen hates the secrets of his country being known to others, he likes to train ninjas. He loves to drive the ninjas he trained the most (he calls them "Ranbo"), and the "Sans" (this is also a name for ninjas in the Takeda family). The origin of "Ranbo" They came from

vagrants from Jia, Xin, and Yuesan, or a bandit group organized them and taught them mountain warfare and other

combat techniques. So you become a ninja. In addition, "Sanzhe" is the general name of "Maami", "Mafata", and "Mesuke".

These people are experts in scouts and spies. Gozaemon went to control the "Three" ninjas

●Hashiba Hideyoshi and Hachisuka Koroku

Everyone knows that Hashiba Hideyoshi once had no way to go. He took refuge in Haesuga Koroku and had free meals at his house.

Hasuka Koroku was a "night bandit" (bandit, better known as a wild samurai) who was active in the Mino area. There was no one to hire him.

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The master's army, in a more unpleasant way, is called the mountain king who comes out at night to steal money). Anyway, the people who work in the bandit group are usually not poor, so they can be hospitable to some who are not. The people who had enough to eat took refuge with him and went to his house to eat. Later, because they helped Hideyoshi conquer Mogu City, they became officers and soldiers and finally got rid of their reputation as bandits. However, Nobunaga hated him very much. A bad army with poor military discipline, so Fengxu

He Xiaoliu and his bandit group will no longer engage in murder and robbery, but they have trained a lot of people during their bandit days

Being good at sneaking around became a good condition for becoming a ninja, so those people became ninjas in Hideyoshi's army and performed outstandingly in all major battles.

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●The evolution of the name ninja

The title of ninja began to exist in Japan during the Edo period, but the history of ninja goes back even further. It started at the time

It is said that the first "ninja" to complete the mission in Japan was Prince Tokusho. At that time, ninjas were called "Shinobu". ". Depending on the era and place, there are various titles. The following are the titles of ninjas in each period: Asuka Period

: "Shinobori"; Nara Period: "Scout"; Warring States Period Era: There are many names, and the most widely circulated name is "Ranbo", which is the name given by Takeda Shingen in the Edo period: "Ninja".

Although the name was officially established in the Edo period, it was from this era that Japan entered a relatively long period of peace under the rule of the Tokugawa family. The activity on the stage became less and less. Due to the loss of the stage for activities, ninjas gradually disappeared from the stage of history. So many ninjutsu were lost. The last record of ninja activities was during the "Shimabara Rebellion" in 163

7. Ninjas fought as a deployment of the shogunate.

●The Origin of Ninjutsu

Ninjutsu, also known as Hidden Jutsu. There are different opinions about the origin of ninjutsu and ninja. Some people in China believe that ninjutsu originated from the Five Elements Jutsu of the Han Dynasty in China and was later spread to Japan. Like karate, judo, Shaolin Temple boxing and other Japanese martial arts, ninjutsu is a martial art with Japanese characteristics that was gradually developed after ancient Chinese martial arts were introduced to Japan. The authoritative book on ninjutsu, "Wanchuan Jihai", points out that the origin of ninjutsu thinking comes from Jiang Taigong Lu Wang during the Yin and Zhou Dynasties in China. It was he who first proposed the concept of ninjutsu and wrote it in the famous book "Six Tao" handed down from generation to generation. Later, Sun Wu, Zhang Liang, Han Xin and others successively improved the theory of ninjutsu. In particular, Sun Wu's "The Art of War

" is highly respected by the ninja class. At this time, Ninjutsu also basically formed its prototype consisting of strategy, formation, yin and yang, and skills.

As ninjutsu spread to Japan, ninjas also appeared and developed in Japan.

The Japanese believe that the theoretical basis of ninjutsu evolved from Sun Tzu's Art of War passed from China to Japan, and then added

Tao training and ambush warfare techniques in the mountains. What developed is the so-called four-character mantra of "wind, forest, fire, and mountain". During the Heian period

with the rise of the samurai class, they vigorously absorbed the military art of mountain ambush warfare and developed it. In the Genpei era, Minamoto Yoshitsune successfully used the technique of ambush in the mountains and completed the theory of attack surface warfare. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Kusunoki Masashige developed the defensive art of war

At this point, ninjutsu and martial arts were separated into different systems and officially became independent.

The immigrants from China and North Korea are also closely related to the development of ninjas. Because Japan was very backward in ancient times, the Japanese government

very much welcomed immigrants from China with highly developed science and technology and culture to settle in Japan. Therefore, Koreans who were influenced by Chinese civilization were also welcomed

The Japanese call these immigrants "naturalized people" (although they welcome them, they still discriminate against them. It is difficult for immigrants to enter the upper class society. They cannot use the language and culture of their original place of residence and must change their names to Japanese names. in Japanese). These ancient technologies

Immigrants brought a large amount of advanced science, technology and cultural knowledge to Japan, such as making pottery, armor, clothing technology, and decisively promoted Japanese ninjutsu

The development of Chinese martial arts. Because most ninjas come from farmers at the lowest level of society, rather than noble-born samurai. Therefore, as immigrants who are difficult to be accepted by the upper class, "naturalized people" have also entered the ninja industry in large numbers. "Naturalized people" usually settled in Kyoto, and then a large number of people moved to nearby Iga or Koga. This is also the main reason for the unusual development of ninjutsu in these two places. For example, the famous Hattori Hanzo Masashige is Chinese, his surname is Qin, and the Qin family came from the Wu Kingdom in China in the late third and early fourth centuries AD (the traditional name for Japanese kimonos is "Wu Fu", which is where The Qin family (from the Wu Kingdom) crossed the sea and settled in Japan, and later changed their Japanese surname to Hattori. Hattori Hanzo joined Tokugawa Ieyasu and later moved to Edo. Legend has it that this ninja finally realized the true meaning of forbearance, something that had never happened for generations of ninjas. To this day, people in Japan still praise the legend of "Oni Hanzo" when talking about him.

●Ninjutsu schools and textbooks

In the war-torn Warring States period, daimyo needed to spy on enemy intelligence and carry out sabotage activities against enemy cities, so

< p>Ninjutsu experienced rapid development during this era. The areas where ninjutsu is developed are as follows: Musashi, Kai, Echigo, Shinano

, Iga, Koga, Kii and other areas. Among them, the ninjutsu of Iga and Koga is the most popular in Japan. The most developed.

Iga and Koga are very close to Kyoto, and their terrains are small closed basins surrounded by mountains and obstacles. Although barren, their strategic location is very important: because they are close to Japan's central Kinki region. During the Warring States Period, more than six dozen local tyrants emerged in the small territories of Iga and Koga (the maximum strength of each family did not exceed 50 people. According to Chinese calculations, they were at best a small group of bandits. Armed

only). Although the territory is small, the competition here is fiercer than outsiders imagine. The local tycoons formed a false alliance with each other, spying on each other secretly. Once they seize the opportunity, they will ruthlessly attack their opponents. These two bloody mountains, full of cruelty and cunning, gradually evolved into the base camp for the development of ninjutsu. Iga and Koga's greatest contribution to the cause of ninja was to systematize the theoretical basis and skills of ninjutsu, and compiled a ninja training manual - "Manchuan Gathering Sea". Although the schools are different, the classics for ninja training are all

the book "Wanchuan Jihai". The content of this book is to teach ninjas all the theoretical basis and skill guidance on how to perform ninjutsu

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In the 4th year of Enho (1676) during the era of Tokugawa Ietsuna, the fourth generation shogun of the Tokugawa family, Fujibayashi Yabutu, a hermit from Koga, united China

Kuni and Japan. The essence of the thoughts and martial arts of famous generals was written with reference to the content of "Six Secrets" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to form the ultimate ninja training guide that integrates nindo, ninjutsu and ninja weapons. He also named the book "Wanchuan Gathering the Sea" with reference to the idea of ??"the Baichuan School

divided and returned to the sea to gather together" in the ancient Chinese book "Selected Works·Zuo Si·Wu Du Fu". As the title of the book suggests, "Wanchuan Gathering the Sea" means embracing all rivers to extract the essence of each school.

Wanchuanjihai" consists of six parts: Zhengxin, General Zhi, Yinren, Yangren, Tianshi, and Ninja. This book became a must-read textbook for ninja training. "Six Tao" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War" are two ancient works that have a profound influence on "Wanchuan Jihai" and the overall development of ninjutsu. From this, it can also be seen that these ancient Chinese military Martial arts thought laid a solid theoretical foundation for the future development and growth of Japanese ninjutsu

This is proof that ninjutsu did originate from China at the earliest. It can be said that "Manchuan Jihai" is the first time that Japanese people learn from China. Ancient times

A summary of the essence of military affairs and the cultivation of secret arts and metaphysics.

●A Ninja’s Path to Cultivation

Ninjutsu was very popular during the Warring States Period in Japan because of its strong practicality. Ninjutsu is a complete system of espionage and intelligence techniques mastered by ancient Japanese ninjas, including: tracking, reconnaissance, espionage, bodyguards, assassination and other aspects. Ninjas

are super skilled and are good at using various weapons such as swords and hooks, as well as hidden weapons such as darts; they can fly over walls and fly over walls without making a sound

and can hold their breath in water. It can last up to five minutes. If special equipment is used, they can stay underwater for a day and a night; they are good at fighting on the surface

and underwater, and can even dive to the bottom of a boat and eavesdrop on the conversations of people on the boat... Such superhuman skills can only be acquired through inhuman training

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Spiritual training: Ninjutsu is different from other martial arts schools in that it emphasizes physical training. It especially emphasizes spiritual training and builds it

The entire training system is based on unimaginable Based on spiritual practice. Because most of the tasks performed by ninjas are high-risk missions that will never return

To complete the mission alone in the enemy's lair, you have to overcome the fear of death, loneliness, darkness, and even hunger and cold

There are many difficulties such as injuries and illnesses, so having strong mental strength is the real reason why ninjutsu is invincible.

As a descendant of a ninja family, you must accept the cruel reality of fate as soon as you are born - either become a ninja, or

or die. From a very young age, ninjas have been instilled with the idea of ??absolute loyalty to their masters: except for their masters, they will not obey orders from anyone else, not even the Emperor of Japan. Ninjas created through this kind of spiritual brainwashing from childhood are more fanatical and fearless than believers of any religion.

However, ninjas are not zombie-like warriors like cultists. They have a set of practical training methods for powerful spiritual power. This technique is the secret of ninjutsu, and it is the practice of Tomi. Eastern Tantra

Similar to Tibetan Tantra in my country and Zatantra in India, Eastern Tantra is a branch of Tantra in Buddhism, and Eastern Tantra has always had its own unique way of developing mind power of the human body

Inheritance has always been known for its remarkable speed in the world of esotericism. Through the practice of Eastern esoteric secrets, ninjas can temper their will, their spirits will become extremely pure and tough, and their potential will be maximized. . It can completely remove

the confusion and fear in the mind, and concentrate on the battle. In addition, Tantra believes that the human body has many mysteries and potentials. As long as

through unremitting efforts in Tantric methods, practitioners can develop their full potential, allowing the body to communicate with the universe and achieve the state of unity between heaven and man

This coincides with the extreme physical skills pursued by ninjas. Esoteric Buddhism regards the Great Sun Tathagata as the Lord of all things and highly recommends inheritance, mantras and secret mantras

mantras. We can often see ninjas making many weird gestures in some film and television works or comics, which are expressing one of the main practices of Eastern Esotericism: "Nine-Character Secret Seal": "Lin, Bing, Fight, all, formation, row, in, front" this nine-character mantra.

Skill training: Children of the ninja family, regardless of gender, must inherit the professional traditions of their ancestors and generally receive training from the age of five.

There are five types of training, namely balance, agility, strength, endurance and special skills. Balance training begins with walking on a bamboo pole

When you can walk on a round bamboo pole without sliding down, gradually raise the bamboo pole, and eventually it will rise to thirty or forty feet high.

Running and jumping is like walking on flat ground, so you can climb up and down trees, roofs and walls, and walk like flying. The same goes for agility training

Skip over the rope with blades inserted, and quickly walk through the narrow passages full of sharp blades and gun points. Sustainability and strength training are the most difficult. For example, hanging your hands on a tree to support your whole body, with hidden weapons underneath, not allowing you to let go and jump down, using fear to stimulate your body

potential for long-term support. Long-distance running is a basic skill for ninjas. It requires running for fifty kilometers continuously without stopping to rest.

It is common to walk hundreds of miles a day. As for special skills training, it is even more surprising. In addition to the above mentioned, there are also hand-to-hand combat, poison throwing and detoxification. Makeup is a specialty of ninjas. They can make fake human skin faces and change genders. Let a ninja walk through the crowd

and be identified by several people. As a result, everyone will see something different, tall, short, fat, and thin. It is truly a "man with a thousand faces"

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. There is also the art of invisibility. At the beginning of the article, it was mentioned that the American ninja suddenly disappeared in the smoke. That was the ninja digging a hole in the ground in advance, and then jumping into the hole under the cover of the smoke, causing the pursuer to lose control. Target, thinking that there is real "invisibility" (but generally such holes are dug in woods and other places that are convenient for hiding, and disappearing on the cement ground like in the movie is too exaggerated).

Physical training: Ninjutsu is also very cruel to the intensity of physical training. Every ninja must be proficient in the contents of ninjutsu

. And every training is a death elimination competition, and those who cannot bear it are not allowed to survive. In addition to regular training, ninjutsu also includes a variety of "weird power training" through which ninjas can further hone their will, endurance, survival ability, etc.

This kind of strange strength training, such as going without food for several days, killing one's own companions, and fighting with ferocious beasts, is unimaginable

Through these inhumane practices with extremely high mortality rates, ninjas have achieved superhuman leaps from both spiritual and physical bodies. Obtained

perseverance, endurance, and fighting power beyond ordinary people. Every ninja who has survived through ninjutsu training is an absolutely reliable full-power fighting machine.

●Ninjas and Samurai

During the Warring States Period, although they both served the daimyo, the identities of ninjas and samurai could be described as heaven and earth respectively. To put it more vividly, that's it.

Ninjas are domestic slaves and samurai are retainers.

Since most of what ninjas do are secret events involving upper-level power struggles and are quite dangerous, their endings are often very sad. The danger comes first from the employer. After these insidious and vicious social figures achieve their goals by any means, they often kill and silence the ninjas who perform the tasks for fear that the inside story will be leaked.

Although ninjas have superhuman abilities, they often make miscalculations when performing tasks. There was a ninja who braved the scorching summer heat and sneaked into a prince's residence to assassinate him. In order not to make any noise, he just dug a hole in the soil with his hands, and it took him more than ten days to sneak under the tatami in the room. Just when he was about to finish, the smell of sweat on his body attracted flies and mosquitoes. The buzzing sound of the insects aroused the suspicion of a guard, so the guard drew his knife downwards and pierced the floor to remove the hidden object. Ninja kill below.

The most terrifying enemy of the ninja is the samurai. The samurai is in the light, and the ninja is in the dark, so they are defenseless. Therefore, the samurai hates ninjas the most. Once a ninja is captured by a samurai, he will definitely be punished and executed with the cruelest punishment. Skinning alive is a form of torture. The skin is peeled off piece by piece, which is extremely painful, but cannot kill immediately. Therefore, ninjas would never let samurai capture them alive. Here is the story of one of the richest and legendary ninjas. This ninja's name is Sarutobi, because he has the ability to climb and leap on trees like an ape, coming and going without a trace; at the same time, he is also good at unarmed combat, and people can't catch him at all. Once he was sent to spy on a general who lived in a certain castle and overheard a secret conversation between the general and a minister. But when he left the castle, he was discovered by the guards. He immediately jumped on the city wall and skillfully avoided the pursuers. However, when he jumped into the garden, he stepped on a hidden bear trap. The steel clamp clamped his legs tightly. At this time, the general's guards surrounded him. Seeing this, Sarutobi cut off the trapped leg with a knife and escaped for a long distance on one foot.

But in the end he lost too much blood and was unable to support him. Seeing the guards getting closer and closer, Sarutobi knew that he had no hope of escaping, so he simply stood still, shouted insults at the guards chasing him, destroyed his face with a sword, making it unrecognizable, and then waved The sword cuts off his own neck. A famous ninja ended his life sadly like this.

Those ninjas who survived often ended their lives lonely. "Oni Hanzo" who has served Tokugawa Ieyasu for many years can be described as a ninja with both black and white methods. As a ninja trusted by Tokugawa Ieyasu, he has saved Tokugawa Ieyasu's name countless times, and has also wielded his weapons to participate in battles many times.

In addition to the Mikawa Legion's campaign, his life can be said to be the most glorious example of ninja. When he died, his salary was only 8,000 koku.

He was just a warrior with the same merit as a general. A fraction of the remuneration...

Why are the ninjutsu in Iga and Koga so developed? Iga and Koga are very close to Kyoto and Nagoya, and they are strategically located

In a small closed basin surrounded by dangerous mountains, it forms a small world of its own. But its strategic position is very important. Because it is close to the Kinki area in the center of Japan, it is deeply influenced by the culture of Kyoto. There are many shrines, temples and manors. Later

When the manor system collapsed, local tycoons emerged one after another. During the Warring States Period, there were actually 60 rich people in such a small land. But because the land was so small, everyone wanted to seize each other's land, so each family would probably support 30-40 people. Individual soldiers,

In order to deal with "enemy countries", ninjas have become an important force.

The general who loves to use ninjas - Takeda Shingen. Because Shingen hates the secrets of his country being known to others, he likes to train ninjas.

He loves to train the ninjas he cultivates most. (He called them "Ranbo" and "Three" (this is also a name used by the Takeda family to call ninjas). The origin of "Ranbo" comes from Ka, Shin, and Yue. The unemployed vagrants in the three places or the bandit groups organized them and taught them mountain warfare and other fighting skills, so they became ninjas. In addition, the "three" are "time" The general term for "mi", "makata", and "mefu", these people are experts in scouts and spies. Shingen sent Tomita Gozaemon to control the "three" ninjas. < /p>

●List of famous ninjas

Momochi Santafu, also known as Momochi Tanba, is a rich man based in Iga Ueno and one of the three Noiga jounin families<. /p>

. The legendary ninja who defeated Nobuo Oda's Iga army in Onizu Village and fought against the Oda family to the end.

Ishikawa Goemon, Iga ninja. . As a subordinate of Momochi Santao, he once sneaked into Osaka Castle to assassinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Unfortunately, he was discovered after accidentally touching the treasure "Chidori's Incense Burner" and was later executed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. /p>

Fuma Kotaro, the leader of Shoshu Ranpo, served the fifth generation head of the Hojo family. He collected wartime intelligence and carried out activities to destroy the enemy's country. Legend has it that Fuma Kotaro is seven feet two. It is said that the "Fuuma Party" he led was a ninja group active in the underworld after the demise of the Hojo family. There are many legends among Japanese folk. /p>

Dr. Suzuki Sa, the leader of the Zagazhong, was a mercenary group that used iron cannons (muskets) as their main weapon.

At that time, iron cannons were precious, so Zagazhong was a mercenary group. He Zhong's fighting power cannot be ignored. He colluded with Honganji to fight against Oda Nobunaga.

Hideyoshi was killed in the battle.

Hattori Hanzo! hanzou masanari, 1542-1596).

The ancestors of the Bu family were originally descendants of the Qin family, one of the powerful families in ancient Japan (mid-6th century), and the Qin family crossed the sea from the Wu Kingdom in China

The Qin family not only taught textile technology to the Japanese, but also performed "Xinraku" throughout Japan, which opened the eyes of the Japanese.

The so-called "Xinraku" dates from the end of the 3rd century. By the beginning of the 4th century, it was a popular performing arts that was very developed in China, including singing and dancing, acrobatics, strength skills, magic, puppet theater, ventriloquism, and the training of small animals such as dogs, monkeys, and birds. Performances are popular entertainment.

It is said to be a new technique that combines Tibetan arts and Chinese arts. At that time, the Qin Group mainly performed in cities and temples in southern China.

The organization gradually expanded and spread throughout China. Two or three of the bands crossed the sea to Japan in search of a new world

originally. The traditional name for Japanese kimono is "Wu Fu", and its etymology comes from the Wu country where the Qin family was born.

The Hattori clan is one of the groups of the Qin clan. As for when to move to Iga? The year is not clear. How did the Hattori clan develop the "Xinraku" skill into the art of war and ninjutsu? There is no detailed historical data to trace the origin. In short, the Hattori clan left their hometown in the early 15th century

and joined the Mikawa daimyo Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (grandfather of Tokugawa Ieyasu), and became retainers of the Matsudaira family for generations. As a retainer of Tokugawa

Hattori Hanzo led the Iga ninjas to achieve many military exploits. So people fearfully called him "Oni Hanzo". From then on, the leader of the Tokugawa family's ninja troops also took pride in inheriting the title of "Hanzo". However, Masashige's two sons are both tragic characters: the eldest son, Hattori Masaru, provoked a collective rebellion of his ninjas because of his selfishness and stupidity (this is extremely rare), and was later killed by Germany

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Kawa Ieyasu was demoted to a civilian. Later, in order to revitalize his family, he participated in the "Osaka Summer Battle" in 1615 when Tokugawa Ieyasu attacked Toyotomi Hideyori and was killed in the battle. The second son, Hattori Masashige, was also implicated because his wife's family was suspected of rebellion and was punished with exile. Finally, he died in a foreign land in poverty.

●The descendants of ninjas: a peaceful and lonely life

Are there still ninjas in Japan now? The answer is: yes. There is more than one place where ninja families live in Japan, but the most famous one is Iga Ueno, which is the area around Ueno City in Mie Prefecture today. As time has passed, the descendants of this group of ninjas have now naturally become law-abiding and good citizens, but they are very proud of their ancestors, or in other words, they cleverly use their ancestors to attract tourists

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So this Ueno City has become a unique "ninja town" in Japan and even the world, attracting tourists with its signature of assassins and spies.

Ueno City in Mie Prefecture can be reached by taking Kintetsu or JR trains from Osaka, Kyoto or Nagoya. Kintetsu is more convenient

and takes about two hours one way. Ueno City is small in size, and all attractions are within walking distance. Half a day is enough to visit, so whether you depart from Osaka, Kyoto or Nagoya, you can go there and back on the same day. Sightseeing information in front of the train station

Sightseeing maps are available at the inner hall and at the entrance to Ueno Park and can be obtained free of charge. The "Iga beef" produced in this area is very famous in Japan. There are several restaurants in front of the tram station that specialize in beef dishes. If you are interested, you may want to try it.

If you join a tour group, the tour guide will begin to teach tourists the basic knowledge of ninjas on the train. The Japanese have been exposed to their own comics, animations and martial arts movies (called "period dramas" in Japan) since they were young, and talking about ninja is like the Chinese talking about Shao Shao

Lin Quan Wudang Sword Similarly, although the narrator himself is probably a layman, there is no problem in fooling curious and ignorant foreign tourists.

The front of the train parked on the platform of Ueno Station is the face of a ninja - only a pair of vigilant eyes are revealed. Many tourists who came here rushed to take photos with the ninja train, as if the train was a symbol of ninjas.

In the Iga Ninja Museum in Ueno City, visitors can see the descendants of ninjas practicing pretentious gestures.

The tour guide will excitedly say that these are all the skills of ninjas. Skills performance: Tourists don’t know how to do it anyway. The nine-character mantra of "Come, Soldier, Fight, All,

Array, Line, In, Front" and the ninjas who silently recited them have long been lost in the long river of history.