Iga Ninja
They lived in Iga near Kyoto.
In Sengoku era,Iga Ninja were hired by the Daimyo and carried out intelligence activities.
Nobunaga Oda
Iga Ninja conflict to Nobunaga Oda and destroyed.
Nobunaga Oda was most powerful Daimyo at that time.
However,many Iga Ninja escaped to a various part of Japan.
So ninjyutu prevailed around Japan.
The place of Iga
map around Iga
Iga area was circled in a mountain, and the ability of the individual was important.
Iga was near Kyoto and Iga ninja had high literacy rate, and the latest information came in from a Kyoto and Osaka.
That's why Iga Ninja were excellent and could do their job easily.
There were community called "Soukoku Ikki"in Iga.
In the community,they talked each other about important things and when being attacked, they united and fought to the enemy.
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Hanzo Hattori,one of the most famous Ninja and other Iga Ninja saved Ieyasu Tokugawa when he was at a crisis.
Hanzo Hattori
He need someone's help when Nobunaga Oda died because he was in Osaka with few Samurais.
He could return to a country in Mikawa by protection of Iga ninja.
Later Ieyasu Tokuga started Shogunate Government of Edo and ruled Japan.
Iga Ninja museum
You can know almost everything about Ninja at Iga Ninja museum.
Ninja Hattorikun
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