Iga and Koka Ninja Skills: The Secret Shinobi Scrolls of Chikamatsu Shigenori Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 2014

This book has more than met my expectations. There is a lot of information in this book as far as advice on how something should be done and why, it also gives instruction on how to different things and why. This is a great book by itself, or added to the collection of books by Antony Cummins. I myself have become a fan of the Ninja and learning what they are really about and not the fantasy that I have heard about for years. I hope this helps, I have never given a book review but I believe this book deserves a positive review!

If you haven't got this book yet, get it, you won't be disappointed. Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami have uncovered a real gem here. The information contained within this book will reveal the inner workings of the shinobi, if anyone is still on the fence about whether the ninja were samurai or not this will erase all doubts. And the in depth discussion and analysis of Sun Tzu's 13th chapter on the use of spies is both intriguing and enlightening.

This is yet another richly informative work by Antony Cummins and his linguistics specialist, Yoshie Minami. Everthing from espionage to stealth to mysticism is thoroughly covered here. Furthermore, as with most works by this author that cover the topic of the ninja, the text is strictly a translation from Iga and Koga dialects of medieval Japan of scrolls that were written by actual ninja that have shaped Japanese history. Much work went into this project; and I am sure that you will not be disappointed.

Another great book by Anthony Cummins! If you are interested in learning about real Ninjas and their skills and spiritualism the first book to buy would be the "Book of Ninja" by the same author and then this book would be a great addition that gives more information about Ninja magick some of which is disturbing and would not be good to do today but the book is still fascinating.

appreciate your work and tunneling through paper work to give the everyday guy a PARTIAL look into the life of a samurai spy dont be fooled into thinking this is the total art as there is so much more but for what this is its great honest and good info from the heart of a true samurai.So as to a partial look into the life and times of a a samurai who knew of the arts of the shinobi this is a great book! or is it??As for those saying here is definitive proof all shinobi / ninja were samurai. The story of one man or his clan cannot make that conclusion. you would also need to understand Japans whole military system in a whole and what area and clan did what.There are descendants of true samurai family that would be upset with the fact of saying all shinobi were samurai.There research should be done before making that accusation.lastly now few years down the road after reading the abundance of ants books against other traditionally transcribed but on similar if not the same subject itt seems this book may have stuff init bent to the way ant sees it or wants it to go a recurring theme amongst a lot of his works books and video accumulated so approach these works with caution put them all together and see for yourself if a recurring theme doesnt seem to appear the only one that doesnt is the book one the lost school where he couldnt influence everything there because it was still somewhat alive and in play. which also played a part in my decision to add this in.so this said while it may seem like honest words from chikamatsu its seems the could have been bent or misinterpreted on purpose to fit the authors need. its the great game people do your research and train right and decide for your self most i have encountered have a agenda whether on purpose or not some have asked whens my book coming out ..it doesnt need to all the information is now widely available other than exact recipes or so called oral traditions are all thats missing and those will prolly never be shared in modern print -i.e.- look at the old anarchist cookbook could you image writing that now and putting any name on it? same reason why some true ninja scrolls and lineage will never come to light people will need to accept this part of it.

Good condition, thank you!

Cool book

Just like the other books on ninja by Antony you can see the work that went into making sure the info was as accurate as possible to get. If you like ninja he's one of the best authors to check out.