Shinobi Lore忍報
Shinobi Lore - 忍報
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In truth the ninja were mainly concentrated mountain folk of the Koga & Iga regions of Japan, though there were ninja from other areas as well. Many (if not most) ninja were actually samurai by day and ninja by night. They did for their lords at night under the cover of darkness what they could not be caught doing during the day because of their code of honor & ethics. Some were also mercenaries, some were assassins too, but this is actually far from the majority. Most ninja were by trade intelligence gatherers, spies and scouts.
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A number of famous ninja appear throughout Japanese history:
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Hattori Hanzo - (服部 半蔵, ~1542 - December 23, 1596), also known as Hattori Masanari (服部 正成), was a famous samurai and shinobi of the Sengoku era, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
The history of Japanese ninjutsu most often refers to Hattori Hanzo as the most successful jonin of the Iga-gumi organization, also known as Watanabe Hanzo and Yari no Hanzo. Hanzo gained his greatest fame of the time of Honnji no Hen incident in the June of 1582 Togugawa Ieyasu, later to become the shogun to unify all of Japan. The Iga Ryu Ninja died at 55 in 1596. After the first Hanzo died, his name became a title taken by his second in command and so-on. Not only did this preserve the name and power structure under him but also maintained the illusion that he was immortal and could not be killed.
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andayu Momochi - (百地 三太夫) Legend tells that Sandayu was the teacher of Ishikawa Goeman (the famous bandit ninja hero in feudal Japan). Sandayu is also known as one of the founders of the Iga Ryu Ninjutsu; though there are few recorded details concerning his life. There are many theories about his true identity. Some historians believe that he is the same person as jonin Momchi Tanbe Yasumitsu, but this cannot be verified. Yet another theory is that he was the same person as Fujibayashi Nagato. Sandayu is said to be killed in the battle of Tensho Iga No Ran.
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Fujibayashi Nagato - (藤林 長門守) Legend has it that Fujibayashi Nagato was the head of Iga Ryu Ninjutsu along with Momchi Tanba. Fujibayashi was not known to have played a major role in the battle of Tensho Iga No Ran, in which Iga was divided by Oda Nobunaga’s troops in 1581, and there is no information on him in the Iranki Volume (history of the Tensho Iga No Ran battle). Fujibayashi is thought OT be related Iga Ryu Ninjutsu family.
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Fuma Kotaro - (風魔 小太郎) Born in Sagami Prefecture, Kotaro was the fifth generation jonin head of the Fuma Ryu Ninjutsu. He and his 200 followers, called the rappa and the suppa (“battle disrupters”), worked as a gurella band in support of Odawara’s Hojo family. Fuma Kotaro’s most famous battle was in the march of 1581, when the massive troops of Takeda Shingen’s son Katsuyori attacked the Hojo stronghold. Takeda set up his fortress in Ukishimagahara, and the Hojo set up camp across from the Osegawa River and attacked the Takeda troops several times at night, and drove the Takeda camp into disorder with their ninja tactics.
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Ishikawa Goemon - (石川 五右衛門) Though none of the ninja families of Iga and Koga would call him one of their own because of his reputation for using ninjutsu to aid him in stealing for his own personal gain, o history in Japanese ninja names would be complete without it. There are many theories of where he was born, but no concrete information. Three popular theories regarding Goeman's birthplace include Hamamatsu in Edo, Oshu’s Shirakawa, or Ishikawa Village in Iga Province.Thought to have originally been a genin agent of the Iga Ryu Ninjutsu, Goeman was killed in on August 24, 1594,the legends claiming that he was boiled to death in oil. Though Ishikawa Goeman’s name is not listed in the Bansenshukai written records of the Iga Ryu Ninjutsu, the notorious bandit hero appears often in the world of novels and theater as the greatest thief in the history of Japan.
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Tomo Sukesada - (戸隠 祐定) Was a jonin shinobi of the Tomo Ryu tradition. Tokugawa employed a group of eighty Kōga ninja, led by Tomo Sukesada. They were tasked to raid an outpost of the Imagawa clan. The account of this assault is given in the Mikawa Go Fudoki, where it was written that Tomo Ryu Shinobi of Kōga infiltrated the castle, set fire to its towers, and killed the castellan along with two hundred of the garrison. In short the Tomo Ryu Shinobi led by Tomo Sukesada carried out a classic ninja raid under cover of darkness. The Mikawa Go-Fudo-Ki account, however; adds some interesting points of detail.
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Daisuke Togakure - (大輔 戸隠) In the village of Togakushi around 1161, Daisuke Nishina (大輔仁科) was born into a Samurai family. During his early life, he studied the Tendai Shugendo sect of Buddhism at the Tendai monastery on Togakushi Mountain (Mount Hiei-zan) which centres on purifying one’s self by trial and hardship.Daisuke Nishina’s father, Yukihiro Nishina, was a highly ranked samurai in the service of Lord Yoshinaka Minamoto, the cousin of the first Shogun of Japan. In 1184, Yoshinaka was attacked by the army of his half-brother near Kyoto. The battle was called Awaza no Kassan, and Yoshinaka Kiso and Yukihiro Nishina were both killed. Daisuke, master less and fatherless, was forced to flee into far-away Iga to escape persecution. He hid in the mountains and thick forests, changing his name to Daisuke Togakure.