Samurai And Ninja: The Real Story Behind The Japanese Warrior Myth That Shatters The Bushido Mystique - Plot & Excerpts
* These have been published in The Secret Traditions of the Shinobi. † Unknown material, possibly a skull. ‡ Called the koganemushi in modern day Japan, the name kuso-mushi was used in the text, translates as “excrement insect” and is a relation to the dung-beetle. * “Dog” in medieval Japan was a term used to describe an infiltration agent. * The ideograms for this are not recorded; the ideogram is made of both 女 “woman” and 粧 “make up,” therefore it appears to be white “make up” which was based on white lead. * A second transcription states 10 momme. * To read the English translation of the scroll Shinobi Hiden and the shinobi scrolls of the Gunpo Jiyoshu manual, see Cummins & Minami, The Secret Traditions of the Shinobi. * Ikeda Toshitaka (1584–1616), also known as Harutaka. The first son of Ikeda Terumasa, who had a fief of 500,000 koku and was the lord of Himeji castle.
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