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02194aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 56C9881EAD0F11E98C46566A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190723010101 008 180921s2019 nyua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780500021996 020 $a 0500021996 035 $a (OCoLC)1052877488 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d YDXIT $d SILO 043 $a a-ja--- 050 4 $a UB271.J3 $b T87 2019 082 04 $a 355.30952 $2 23 100 1 $a Turnbull, Stephen R, $e author. 245 10 $a Ninja : $b the (unofficial) secret manual / $c Stephen Turnbull. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Thames & Hudson, $c 2019. 300 $a 208 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Based on historical ninja training manuals, this witty and informative volume gives you all the tools you need to enter the secret world of ninjutsu. Ninjas, Japan's famous black-clad spies, saboteurs, and undercover fighters, equipped with superb martial arts skills and an uncanny aptitude for sneakiness, are the stuff of myth and legend. In the present day, movies, comic books, theme parks, and computer games have all been dedicated to the ninja. Folklore and entertaining tales concerning ninjas remain immensely popular as the Ninja has captured a central place in the cultural imagination, both in Japan and in the West. Ninja takes the reader to Japan in 1789, conveying the excitement, danger, and subterfuge of the period. Based on original ninjutsu training manuals, it teaches precisely what is required to become a ninja. Illustrated throughout with contemporary artifacts, documents, and prints taken from the original manuals, as well as modern reconstructions, this lighthearted but informative guide covers every aspect of what it was really like to be a ninja in Japan. 650 0 $a Ninja $x History. 650 0 $a Ninja $z Japan $x History. 650 0 $a Ninja in popular culture. 651 0 $a Japan $x History, Military. 941 $a 2 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125011213.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204094149.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=56C9881EAD0F11E98C46566A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search