Ninjutsu artefacts

thumb|upright|Five types of shuriken thumb|upright|Edo period shuriken in [[Odawara Castle Museum, Japan. Note the senbon darts.]]

The is alleged to be the preferred weapon of the shinobi of feudal Japan. It is portrayed by modern ninjutsu practitioners (including Masaaki Hatsumi and Stephen K. Hayes) as the weapon of the ninja and features prominently in popular culture. 20th-century examples of this sword are displayed at the Koka Ninja Village Museum in Kōka, Shiga, at the Gifu Castle Archives Museum in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan and at the Ninja Museum of Igaryu, established in the mid-1960s.

thumb|right|A historical kunai thumb|A highly stylized plastic kunai, as often portrayed in popular culture A is a Japanese multipurpose tool and weapon thought to be originally derived from the masonry trowel.

300px|thumb|Bansenshukai Bansenshūkai (, Ten Thousand Rivers Flowing Together to form an Ocean) (Also pronounced Mansenshukai) is a 1676 Japanese book containing a collection of knowledge from the clans in the Iga and Kōga, The book was compiled by Fujibayashi Yasutake (descendant of Fujibayashi Nagato-no-kami) in 1676, in the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate.

thumb|Kakute|alt=Kakute are rings made from iron or steel that were sometimes worn by ninja, and were favored by the kunoichi, having one to four metal spikes protruding from it. The spikes were sometimes dipped in poison. Kakute were usually worn on the middle finger with the spikes hidden inside the hand, and then used to attack when the enemy least expected. The spikes were also excellent for holding onto an opponent, striking across the face, choking, and sometimes climbing as well. Some kakute had a tab with a hole, that was used for hojojutsu techniques. In this sense, the hojo (rope) co

right|thumb|300px|Antique Japanese kusari fundo/manriki Kusari-fundo (鎖分銅) is a handheld weapon used in feudal Japan consisting of a length of chain (kusari) with a weight (fundo) attached to each end of the chain. Various sizes and shapes of chain and weight were used as there was no set rule on the construction of these weapons. Other popular names are manrikigusari (萬力鏈) () or just manriki.

thumb|Japanese "makibishi" iron spikes, a type of caltrop A makibishi ( or ) is the Japanese version of the caltrop. The tool (igadama) is a sharp spiked object that was used in feudal Japan to slow down pursuers and also was used in the defense of samurai fortifications.

thumb| Antique Japanese iron kaginawa climbing hook is a type of grappling hook used as a tool in feudal Japan by the samurai class, their retainers, foot soldiers and reportedly by ninja. Kaginawa have several configurations, from one to four hooks. The hook would be attached to a rope of varying length; this was then used to scale a rather large wall, to secure a boat, or for hanging up armor and other equipment during the night. Kaginawa were regularly used during various sieges of miscellaneous castles. The rope was attached to a ring on one end which could be used to hang it from a saddl

remote settlement in Feudal Japan

thumb|Antique Japanese are cloth leggings which were worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. In Japanese, the word is also used for Western soldiers' gaiters.

thumb|250px|Shōninki font The Shōninki (Japanese 正 忍 記) is a medieval ninja document from Kishū province.

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thumb|250px|Line drawing of a metsubushi or gantsubushi are a variety of implements and techniques that were used in feudal Japan by samurai police and other individuals to temporarily or permanently blind or disorient an opponent.