Ninja : unmasking the myth / Stephen Turnbull.
"Many well-known features of the ninja tradition such as the black clothes and the iron stars are shown to be complete inventions. One important feature of the book is the use of original Japanese sources, many of which have never been translated before. As well as unknown accounts of castle at...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Barnsley, S. Yorkshire :
Frontline Books,
2017.
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| Summary: | "Many well-known features of the ninja tradition such as the black clothes and the iron stars are shown to be complete inventions. One important feature of the book is the use of original Japanese sources, many of which have never been translated before. As well as unknown accounts of castle attacks, assassinations and espionage they include the last great ninja manual, which reveals the spiritual and religious ideals that were believed to lie behind the ninja's arts. Ther book concludes with a detailed investigation of the ninja in popular culture up to the present day including movies, cartoons and theme parks."--Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 230 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1473850428 9781473850422 |