Preface -- 1. The universal ninja -- 2. The elusive ninja -- 3. Iga and kōka -- 4. Kōka and iga -- 5. The pacification of iga -- 6. The shaking of kōka -- 7. The Shogun's shinobi -- 8. Ninjitsu in black and white -- 9. The magic of ninjitsu -- 10. The enduring ninja -- 11. The shinobi awakes -- 12. Enter the ninja -- 13. A star is born -- 14. Selling the shinobi -- 15. The exemplary ninja.
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"[Herein] 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 nuinja'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."--Jacket.