Ninja (39 page)

McEwan, Ian:
Enduring Love,
252

medicine, ninja, 7, 19, 51–52, 73, 89, 120, 131, 166, 184

medieval Japan, 53–72

Meiji government, 187

Meiji Restoration, 98, 122–23, 202, 270

Mercado, Stephen, 204, 207, 213, 214, 269

on Nakano Spy School, 193–94

Mie prefecture, K
o
ga, 4, 85

Mikawa, 158

militarism/imperialism, 20th century, 190–223

military intelligence 1930s, 190–93

See also
Nakano Spy School

military wisdom, China, 8–9

Minami Agency, 206

Minami, Yoshie, 31, 95
n,
118
n

Minamoto family, 36

Minamoto no Yorimasa, 42

Minamoto Yoritomo, 37–38, 45

as shogun, 37–38

Minamoto Yoshitsune, 36–38

Minato battle, 71

Mino Province, 72

Miura Yoemon, 168, 169

Miyoshi clan, 93, 96

mizugumo
(mud shoes), 126–27

Mochizuki Chotaro, 145

Mochizuki Izumonkami, 131

Momochi family, 1

Momochi Mikyo, 154–55

Momochi Orinosuke,
K
o
sei Iran-ki,
140
n,
147

Momochi Sandayu, 150, 153, 154–55

Mongolia: Japan and, 19

Mongolians, 187, 188

M
o
ri Motonari, 140

Morinaga (Prince), 60, 66–70, 71

Morris, Ivan, 37, 64
n

The Nobility of Failure,
172

Mount Hiei, 56

warrior monks, and Nobunaga, 107, 108, 109

Mount Kong
o
, 69

moxibustion, 48

mud shoes, 126–27

Murakami Haruo, 217

Murakami Yoshiteru, 68–69

Murasame fort, 133

Muromachi
bakufu, Nochi Kagami,
90
n

Muromachi period,
shugenja
in, 21

muskets, 102, 103, 108, 109, 113–14

Muto Akira, 215

Nagano mountains fortress, 216

Nagashima, Ikk
o
ikki:
and Nobunaga, 107, 108, 109–10

Nagashino Castle, siege, 110–14

Nagato no Kami, 150

Nagoya, 103, 109

Nakano Spy School, 190–225, 233

after surrender, 222–23

and final defenses, 216–23

Futamata commando training center, 212–13

ninja aspects, 195–225, 233, 244, 249, 254

and Philippines, 214–16

Nakasend
o
, 165

Nakashima Atsumi: on
Shoninki,
32

Nakatoki H
o
j
o
, 43–44

Nanko Shrine, 223

Nara monastery, 67

Nara temple, 86

Natori Masatake

on deception, 46–52

on equipment, 51–52

on magic, 75–77

on physiological fortune telling, 75

Shoninki,
31–34, 97, 125, 127, 177

Ne Win, 207, 208

Negoro, ninja masters, 21

New Guinea base, 211

nightingale floors, 128–29

Nijo Castle, 128

Nijo-jinya, 128–29

Ninja Band of Assassins,
234

Ninja Museum, Iga-Ueno, 125–29

ninjas, 120–21

Age of the Warring States, 85–99

ashigaru
as, 80

communities

forts, 132–35

houses, 125–32

purported artifacts, 127–29

villages, 54

deception, 46–51

disguise, 3, 16, 45, 46–49, 57, 181

early origins, 7–29

employment, 136, 137–38, 139–40, 174–76, 179

equipment, 125–29, 130–32

armor, 2–3, 18, 21, 140, 153

clothing, 127

weapons, 127–28

ethos, in World War II, 4–5

and Ieyasu, 157–63, 164, 167

information acquisition, 135–36

in medieval Japan, 56–72

modern images, 186–87, 227–41

Bond movie version, 232–36

Ian Fleming version, 229–32

ninja/
shinobi,
word derivation, 12–13

ninjutsu

in fiction, 229–36, 237–39

and magic, 21–22, 186

and martial arts, 31–32

and physiological fortune telling, 73–75

rituals, 19–21, 25–26, 75

schools, 176–77

secrets, 30–34, 176–88

and
shugenja,
21

Togakure martial art version, 236–37

training, 120–25

and Oda Nobunaga, 100–111, 115–16, 118, 139, 142–55

and Osaka Castle siege, 168

peacekeeping, 174–76

and samurai, 35, 44–45, 138

as shadow warriors, 19, 23, 26–27, 29, 64

tactics

Kamino Castle, 105, 106

Sekigahara battle, 165–66

temples, 135–36

See also
Iga; K
o
ga; shadow warriors WWII

Ninpiden (The Secret Ninja Tradition),
177

Nishimura: and Portuguese, 102

Nobunaga.
See
Oda Nobunaga

noh plays, 37

Noriko (guide).
See
Ansell, Noriko

Northern Court, Kyoto, 56, 57, 59, 66, 70, 71, 72

Northern-Southern wars, 56–72, 78, 192

o
-yoroi (great armor), 40

Oda family, 103

Oda Nobunaga, 93, 100, 104–7, 124, 167

assassination attempt, 186

death, 156–57

and guns, 103

and Iga, 139–40, 142–55

and Ikk
o
ikki,
107, 108, 109–10

and K
o
ga, 106, 143, 144–45

and ninjas, 100–111, 118, 139, 142–55

and Takeda clan, 110–14

and Tendai, 136, 144

and Uesugi Kenshin, 114–18

and warrior monks, 109–10, 113, 118–19

Oda Nobuo

and Iga, 140–55

and Ise Province, 140

Oda Nobutada,
seppuku,
157

Oga, 110–11

Ohara Kazuma version:
Bansensh
u
kai,
185–86

Okehazama battle, 104

Oki islands, 60

Okinawa, 101

defense/loss, 216–18

Okitsushima village
s
o
,
79

Okudaira Sadamasa, 110–14

Omi: Nobunaga and, 106, 107–8

Omi Medical Company, 131

O
nin War, 81–82, 90, 91

Onoda Hiroo, 5, 189, 190

on integrity in secret warfare, 194–95

at Lubang, 215–16, 243–69

programming, 242–43, 247–54

and surrender invitations, 248–54, 263–65

survival methods, 254–62

on Nakano, 212–14

nature school, 271–72

No Surrender: My 30-Year War,
195
n

in Philippines, 189, 215–16

return, 269–72

and Suzuki Norio, 265–69, 270

Onoda Tadao, 271

Onoda Toshio, 268–69

O
saka, 84, 118

castle, Hideyori and, 167–69

seige, 179

O
saka Prefecture, 69

Oseki Masaji, 206

Otoge, 161

Owari, Oda family, 103

Oyabe Zenichiro, 188

Oyamato village commune, 90–92

paratroopers: Palembang landing of, 203–5

parliaments, Iga/K
o
ga, 97

Pearl Harbor, 207

peasants

communes,
(s
o
)
, 78–79

and military, 78–79, 82

riots, Kyoto, 81

Philippi, Donald (trs.):
The Wiles of Prince Yamato,
15–17

Philippines, WWII, 214–16

Onoda Hiroo in.
See
Onoda Hiroo

physiological fortune telling, 73–75

pilgrims, 53–54, 98

ninja as, 22, 135

Pilgrims' Way of 88 temples, 136

pirates, 55, 80, 109

Portuguese merchants: and guns, 101–3, 113, 166

priests: information from, 50–51

publicity: samurai and, 39–41

Puyi (emperor of China), 233

Ramos, Fidel, 271

Red Monk, 81

Renny
o
(Buddhist schismatic), 83–84

rituals

ninja/
yamabushi,
19–21, 25–26, 75

samurai, 35–36, 41

riverbank people, 55

Rokkaku family, 137–38

Rokkaku Takayori, 90

Rokkaku Yoshikata, 137–38

Rokkaku Yoshisuke, 107–8

ronin
(unattached samurai), 96

Rough Guide,
128–29

Russia

and Hokkaid
o
, 188

Japan and, 190

and northern islands, 219–20

ryu,
ninja schools, 176–77

Ry
u
ky
u
islands, 101

defense/loss, 216–17

Sadamichi, 45

Sadler, A. L., 116

on Ieyasu, 158, 163

on Ishida Mitsunari, 166–67
n

Sado island, 57–59

Sai-ren temple, 147

Saich
o
, 124

Saigo Takamori, 270

Saito Shunji, Lt, 211

Saito, Tiger, 227–28

Saji family (of K
o
ga): and Oda Nobunaga, 144–45

Sakai Kiyoshi, Sergeant, 217

samurai

armor, 36, 40–41, 45, 162, 166

and
bushi,
39–40

covert operations, Mount Kasagi Castle, 61–63

and deception, 44

loyalty, 38–40, 42–44

ninja and, 35, 44–45, 138

and publicity, 39–41

rituals, 35–36, 40–41

suicide tradition in WWII, 213–14

swords, 41–42

Sanskrit mantras, 22

Sansom, George, 56
n

on
O
nin War, 82

SAS training, 23

Sato, Josephine Ramirez, 271

Satsuma, 165–66

Secrets of the Ninja,
126

Sekigahara battle, 165–66

Seoul castle, 164

seppuku,
43–44, 63, 67–68, 71

Seven Samurai
(film), 132

Seven Spears of Hijayama, 147

shadow warriors WWII

mainland, 218–19

Nakano School, 190–225

original.
See
ninja

Ry
u
ky
u
islands, 216

U.S. prisoners murdered, 221–22

Shiga Prefecture, Iga, 4, 85

Shigaraki, 122–23, 158, 160

Shimabara Peninsula, 170–72, 174

Rebellion, 170–73

Shimada, Corporal: at Lubang, 247–50

Shimazu clan, 165

shinobi
/ninja, word derivation, 12–13

shinobi no jutsu,
150–51

Shinto, 24, 79

banned, 98

and Buddhism, 24, 123, 135–36

shrines, 54, 87, 98–99, 122–23, 124, 148–49

Shirakawa (emperor): on Buddhist conflicts, 56

Shiroko, 163

shoguns, 85

Ashikaga family, 38

Ieyasu, 166–69

Kamakura, 21, 38, 43, 57, 60–61, 63–72

Kyoto, 38, 43

Minamoto Yoritomo., 37–38

Takauji, 71

Yoshimasa, 81, 90

Sh
o
monki
(history), 28

Shoninki. See
Natori Masatake,
Shoninki

shrines, Iga/Koga, 97–99

Shugend
o
(Way of Mountain Asceticism), 135, 148

fire festival, 25–26

pilgrims to, 54

Sanskrit mantras, 22, 25

training, 18–27, 120–25

shugenja, 151–52

and ninja masters, 21

shuriken,
127–28

Siberia: Japan and, 190

Siebold, Philipp von, 187

Sima Qian, works, 10–11, 14

Singapore, fall of, 199

Singh, Captain Mohan: Fujiwara and, 198–99, 200

Singh, Pritam: Fujiwara and, 198

Slim, Lt. General William, 200

snipers, Satsuma, 166

s
o
(peasant communes), 78–79

Sokoku
(self-governing villages), 95–97

Somanosho (Yagawa priest), 98–99

Southern Court, Yashino, 60, 70–71

Southern-Northern Wars, 56–72, 78, 192

Souyri, Pierre:
The World Turned Upside Down,
56
n,
72, 79
n

Stalin, Josef: and Chishima (Kuril) islands, 220

Sugitani Zenj
u
b
o
, 108

suicide tradition, WWII, 213–14

Sumatra: Palembang oil wells capture, 203–5

Sun Zi:
Art of War,
8–9, 14, 44, 142

Sunday Times, London,
227

superstition, 73–77

survival

methods, 257–60

ninja and, 33–34

Suyama, 61–62

Suzuka hills, 87–88

Suzuki Hachiro, Captain, 210–11

Suzuki Keiji, Major, 205–8

at Etorofu (Iturup) island, 219

Suzuki Norio: and Onoda Hiroo, 265–69, 271

swords

Natori on, 51

samurai, 41–42

Tadayoshi, 71

Taiheiki
(Chronicle of the Great Peace), 43, 57, 61, 63, 67

Taira family, 27–29, 36, 45

Taiwanese irregulars, New Guinea, 211

Takamatsu Toshitsugu, 233, 236

Takauji shogun, 71

Takeda family, 14

Nobunaga and, 110–14

Takeda Katsuyori, 111–15, 119

Takeda Shingen, 115

Takenouchi Kakusai, Ehon Taik-ki, 186
n

Takigawa Saburohei, 141

Takino Jurobei, 149–55

Tale of Genji,
37

Tanegashima, 101–2

Tang dynasty, 7

Tani Yutaka (Harimau), 201–2

Taniguchi Yoshimi, Major, 215, 266, 267–69

tant
o
swords, 41