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shuriken
Sign in to saveAlso known as throwing star, ninja star, Throwing Stars
thumb|upright|Five types of shuriken thumb|upright|Edo period shuriken in [[Odawara Castle Museum, Japan. Note the senbon darts.]]
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Types
- Bo-shuriken
- Hira shuriken/shaken
- Usage
- Effective areas
- Shurikenjutsu
- Legality
- Cultural legacy
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright|Five types of shuriken thumb|upright|Edo period shuriken in [[Odawara Castle Museum, Japan. Note the senbon darts.]]
A is a Japanese concealed weapon used by samurai or ninja or in martial arts as a hidden dagger or metsubushi to distract or misdirect.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “shuriken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.