Ninja Attack! : True Tales of Assassins, Samurai, and Outlaws.
Title:
Ninja Attack! : True Tales of Assassins, Samurai, and Outlaws.
Author:
Yoda, Hiroko.
ISBN:
9781462908820
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (208 pages)
Contents:
Frontcover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Foreword -- About this Book -- The Illustrated Ninja -- Milestones -- The Ninja Nation -- Ninja Ancestors -- Prince Shotoku -- En no Ozunu -- Minamoto No Yoshitsune -- Togakushi Daisuke -- Tomoe Gozen -- Hino Kumawaka-maru -- Mochizuki Izumo no kami -- The Illustrated Ninja -- The Golden Years -- Katoh Danzo -- Mochizuki Chiyojo -- Kumawaka -- Sugitani Zenjubo -- Takeda Shingen -- Tsunokuma Sekiso -- Kashin Koji -- Momochi Tanba -- Fuma Kotaro The Fifth -- Oda Nobunaga -- Hattori Hanzo -- Ishikawa Goemon -- Tokugawa Ieyasu -- The Illustrated Ninja Tools -- Transformations -- Hyakunin Gumi -- Kosaka Jinnai -- Miyamoto Musashi -- Sanada Yukimura -- Yagyu Jubei -- Matsuo Basho -- Tokugawa Yoshimune -- Hasegawa Heizo -- Sawamura Jinzaburo Yasusuke -- Mamiya Rinzo -- The Illustrated Ninja Tricks & Techniques -- The Legend Begins -- Nippon Zaemon -- Jiraiya -- Sarutobi Sasuke -- Kirigakure Saizo -- The Illustrated Ninja Home -- The Illustrated Ninja Weapons -- References -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Thanks To -- Backcover.
Abstract:
Ninja Attack! introduces dozens of unforgettable real-life ninja straight out of the annals of Japanese historymany of whom are all but unknown outside their home country. Ninja masters. Solo assassins and operatives. Femme fatales as deadly as they were beautiful. Swordfighters out of legend. And the Shogun and warlords who commanded them. Each individual in this graphic novel is profiled with a full-page manga-style drawing and a dossier brimming with top-secret information, including photos, anecdotes, and dramatic stories of the individuals in action. The book covers ninja clothing styles, the types of weapons that were used, ninja tools, ninja tricks of the trade, and the basics of the ninja diet. It also includes a do-it-yourself tour of ninja related spots in modern Tokyo. Ninja Attack! is everything you always wanted to know about ninja but were too afraid you'd get a shuriken in the eye to ask. Legendary ninja's covered in this book include: Prince Shotoku Mochizuki Chiyojo Hattori Hanzo Matsuo Basho Mamiya Rinzo Jiraiya Together with Yokai Attack! and Yurei Attack!, Ninja Attack! is the last guidebook to Japan you'll ever need.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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