Ninja weapons

The warriors in the shade used a wide range of cold steel and any other devices and tools so required to carry out undercover operations.

Ninja weapons list

Ninki - auxiliary facilities for Ninja warriors. Ninki is used to perform any other secret operations, whether it is spying or diversion. The devices they used, Ninja divide into three categories:

Kunai

A kunai is a traditional Japanese multifunctional tool that is assumed to be made based on the masonry trowel. A kunai resembles a fish in the shape.

Shinobi rokugu

Ninja warriors used a wide range of various weapons of any varieties that people would not guess they existed. The Ninja used the kinds of weapon appropriate for the particular mission and nothing unwanted was carried. Ninja missions required quick response and the possibility to escape easily. Thus, loads of equipment could only suspend and prevent from surviving. However, a single kit of weapons was a must for the Ninja warriors called Shinobi-rokugu.

Fukiya

Fukiya is one of the blowguns used in Japan. It is used to blow-shoot with poisoned darts. The air rifles fukiya (up to 2 meters long) were traditionally used by the Japanese hunters since ancient times. The traditional fukiya consisted of a 2 m long tube blowgun.

Kyoketsu shoge

The kyoketsu-shoge is one of the intriguing cold weapons that mean "to jump and frisk in the fields and mountains". This is a specific double edged stiletto of the Ninja espionage kit with two blades, one of which is the straight and double edged and another one is kinked. To the haft of the kyoketsu-shoge a long, thin, durable and light rope is attached, made from female or horse hair, with a large metal loop or a ring at the end.

Shuriken

Shuriken (a blade hidden in the hand) is a weapon to throw (occasionally it is used for striking purposes) to hold secretly. They came shaped as nails, needles or stars. Mostly shuriken pieces were made from scrap materials as they were disposable items to use and disappear.

Ninja sword

Ninja Sword or Ninjato has different names. It is also called shinobigatana, ninja-ken or ninja-to or shinobi-ken. It is mostly known as the sword traditionally used by the Ninja. Unlike Katana Sword Ninja Sword is straight and short-cut. Its straight blade has a square guard.

Ninja uniform

Shinobi shozoku is the specific camouflage cover that is the part of Ninja uniform to wear by traditional warriors of the shade.