Exploring Japanese history, literature, and pop culture, mostly through ninjas.
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The Terrifying Return of the Undying Ninja
Print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1887. A shadowy figure seen through a shōji screen scares a group of three children. Source
One of the notable things about the 80s ‘ninja’ media we’ve been surveying over the last few posts is that their stor...
The Fifth Element of the Ninja Mind
During the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5 PFC Ōhashi Keikichi, having been sent on a recon mission, encounters a Russian soldier and attacks him with his own rifle. No evidence has yet come to light as to whether PFC Ōhashi was secretly a nin...
Was Shotoku Taishi The Original Ninja Master?
Shōtoku Taishi (574-622) leads an attack on his enemy Mononobe no Moriya. Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1840; source.
What with life, work, and computer troubles this week I wasn’t able to get today’s planned post ready in time. Instead, as...
In Defense of Ninja (?)
Tightrope Walking by Birds (Tori no tsunawatari), by Adachi Ginkō (b. 1853; print c. 1884-5). Source.
I imagine many of my readers have heard of the notion that, when you reach a certain level of proficiency in a martial art, you’re requi...
The Ninja as “Terrorist”
An assassin closes in on Prince Genji in an illustration to the entirely fictional Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji by Ryūtei Tanehiko 柳亭種彦 (1783-1842). Print by Utagawa Kunisada, 1852. Source. Despite what the Artelino description says, the print...
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