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Are ninjas honorable?
2- Ninjas often utilized disguise to fit in with the locals to gather information or perform assassinations. Many modern movies and shows to pick ninjas as honorable Warriors. In the era of ninjas they were known to be deceitful and Samurai view them to have no honor.
In feudal Japan, ninjas were a lower class of warriors often recruited by samurai and governments to act as spies.
Are ninjas in the military?
The ninja were stealth soldiers and mercenaries hired mostly by daimyos. Their primary roles were those of espionage and sabotage, although assassinations were also attributed to ninja.
Why Samurais are better than ninjas?
The ninja has better survival skills as a small group. If it is a large-group fight, the samurai can easily win. Even though the ninja were defeated, their guerilla fighting skills impressed the samurai. The samurai started using the ninja spies after 1581.
What was the lowest Japanese feudal society class?
merchants
Unlike European feudal society, in which the peasants (or serfs) were at the bottom, the Japanese feudal class structure placed merchants on the lowest rung.
Why do people like ninjas so much?
Ninja are exotic. They hail from a foreign land (Japan), well known for its contribution to popular culture. America has its’ own cartoon versions of ninja, including some in turtle form. They are good guys too.
Did the ninjatō ever exist?
This weapon, the ninjatō, never existed. We don’t have any historical proof of a short, straight blade with a square, and even if we would find it, it wouldn’t be an exclusive weapon of ninja’s because people could immediately tell they were ninja’s. Those weapons wouldn’t be part of the arsenal of a ninja.
What was the role of the Ninja in feudal Japan?
A ninja (忍者) or shinobi (忍び) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, assassination and guerrilla warfare. Their covert methods of waging irregular warfare were deemed dishonorable and beneath the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat.
Are there female ninjas in Japan?
Despite Japan being a highly patriarchal society, there were female ninjas (commonly known as kunoichi). The most famous – and only rumoured – kunoichi was Mochizuki Chiyome, wife of a samurai. Of all of Japan, two places are rich in ninja history: Iga and Koga (respectively known as Mie and Shiga prefecture today).